marupi project facts sheet for stakeholder recruitment

MARUPI Project Facts Sheet Monday, 16 January 2017

MARUPI “socioeconomic

health/wealth cluster”Project Facts Sheet

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Table of contentAbout MARUPI 3MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” 4MARUPI Seven Steps Roadmap 5About the first step of the Roadmap 6About further Roadmap steps and the MARUPI global project 6MARUPI Individual & Community Health/Wealth Assessment Questionnaire 7

Results from the preliminary data collection 7Discussion on MARUPI preliminary findings 10

MARUPI Global Project financial & economic aspects 11MARUPI economic backbone 11MARUPI Budget & Funding requirements 11MARUPI anticipated income 12MARUPI funds control 12MARUPI anticipated local/regional/RoW redistribution 13MARUPI Global project reach 14MARUPI interaction with actual socioeconomic corridors 15MARUPI cooperatives/corridors interactions 16

MARUPI Global project overview 18MARUPI Global project timeline 18MARUPI Global project logical framework approach 18

MARUPI seven steps roadmap requirements 20Step I requirements 20Step II requirements 20Step III requirements 21Step IV requirements 22Step V requirements 22Step VI requirements 24Step VII requirements 24MARUPI Global project partners 25

Conclusion & Perspectives 26References 27



About MARUPIMARUPI is the acronym of the Mano River Union Peace Initiatives. Currently, MARUPI follows and care for about 3000 individuals. Acting for several years within the Mano River area MARUPI in an informal manner thanks to its church implantations. MARUPI has registered as a NGO by the Liberia government under the number 500452538 for 2015-2016 and renewed its registration for 2016-2017. MARUPI has numerous local correspondants within the Manor River Union (MRU) willing to act but lacking material, furbishment, communication tools, transportation means and alike. This doesn’t prevent MARUPI for taking efficient initiatives and elaborating an ambitious roadmap to fulfil its objectives.MARUPI Head Quarters are located in Liberia which has a unique position within MRU for it is bordered by Sierra Leone to its West, Guinea to its North and Ivory Coast to its East thus being the actual crossroad of the Union. MRU is a regional association established between Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1973. Guinea joined the association in 1980, then Cote d’Ivoire during 2008. Thus MRU is a bilingual English/French speaking union. There are extensive cross-border linkages based on ethnic, economic and historical factors between Guinea and Liberia, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire. There are, therefore, more similarities than differences because a number of cultural/ethnic groups live on both sides of international frontiers with long time habits of visiting neighbours and relatives on the other side of the border to attend weekly markets, weddings, funerals, …. The MRU aims to strengthen the capacity of Member States to integrate their economies and coordinate development programs in the areas of peace building, as a prerequisite to any development, trade promotion, development of industry, energy, agriculture, natural resources, transport and telecommunications, monetary and financial affairs in short, all aspects of economic and social life of the Member States. Today, MRU has a combined population of about 40.5 million people, cover a total area of more than 750,000 square kilometres, and have an aggregate GDP of about £ 26,5 billion thanks to the natural resources and their exports dominated by commodities: • Liberia’s main export is rubber (two-thirds of total exports), followed by diamonds, gold and iron

ore. • Sierra Leone is predominantly exporting diamonds (about 60 percent of total exports) and cocoa.• Guinea holds the largest reserves of bauxite in the world and is a leading exporter of the mineral,

but also ships substantial quantities of iron ore, gold, diamonds, oil and coffee abroad. • Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest producer of cocoa (about 30 percent of global production), and

also exports significant amount of crude oil (about a third of total export value). The MRU also pursues a range of sectoral development initiatives such as in agriculture, where it promoted the use of small mills to help farmers expand the production and processing of palm oil while establishing the Monrovia Glass Factory as a producer of bottles and jars for member states.Nevertheless, the recent 2015-2016 Ebola outbreak has not only caused an acute health hazard illness but has also seriously impede on the socioeconomic system of MRU countries which where recovering from the civil wars that engulfed its founding members Liberia and Sierra Leone from the late 1980s to 2000 as well as Côte d’Ivoire during 2002-2004 then 2010-2011. The 2015-2016 Ebola outbreak has ultimately resulted to a socioeconomic health/wealth break down in the sub-region especial Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and a small magnitude effect in Ivory Coast. The creation, organisation and maintenance of public health safe economic corridors by the West African Health Organisation during the Ebola outbreak has limited its potentially devastating impact on the economies of MRU countries on various sectors such as; Education, Agriculture, Health sector, Fishing & Marine Resources, Trade, Investment, Commerce, Financial Services, Transport & service sector, Diplomatic cooperation, Mining, Tourism, Infrastructure, Labour and the effectiveness of macroeconomic policy implementation which calls for a reassessment of the population both socioeconomic and health status as well as further development expectations.



MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster”MARUPI believes in “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster-building” to increase the health status of the MRU population. A “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” initiates the networking of all participants in a value-added chain. The objective is to bundle the potentials and competences for increasing the innovation power and competitiveness of the partners in a cluster . The scientific 1

literature contains many examples of socioeconomic factors such as income, education and ethnicity directly contributing to the health status of a given population. As an exemple, the socioeconomic status (SES) underlies three major determinants of health: health care, environmental exposure, and health behaviour . Thus, addressing the components of 2

socioeconomic status (income, education, and occupation) is likely to have a positive impact on the health satis of the MRU population. A “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” can be an accelerator for the economic and technological development of a region causing innovations in all industries/technologies. But industrialisation or even digitisation itself along with the development of broadband infrastructure, telecommunications industries, information technology and related applications cannot push employment and economic growth unless there is a concomitant increase in the population wealth and basic necessities coverage (potable water, healthy food, clothing, housing, reliable medications, … as well as socioeconomic education).MARUPI intend to strengthen its ability to identify the Mano River Union population needs in parallel to the ability to set robust sub-programs that fits funding requirements from third party payers and monitor the effective use of funds including impact on population health and life expectancy. Therefore the MARUPI "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project intend to combine several goals:• reinvigorate the feeling that one’s future better life is within the MRU rather than in remote

European countries• provide educational programs aimed at developing local business initiatives• encourage many unemployed ex-child soldiers into agribusiness for both better local food

availability and global business• help the MRU population practice a healthier lifestyle by planing radios talk shows in different

vernacular languages to explain everyday safe moves (how to chlorinate wells’ water, how to preserve food, how and when re-impregnate mosquito’s nest, how to best manage the family budget, how to apply for microcredit, how to integrate regulatory and legal constraints, …)

• delivering educational sessions and meetings to assist individuals to design their own sustainable life project

In addition MARUPI is willing to fight against fake medications and health professional shortage that dampen the population health. Therefore MARUPI’s Country Directors are currently recruiting nurses to train them to better support local population as well as identifying fake drugs. In parallel MARUPI stakeholders will develop a more secure medication logistic distribution towards dispensaries and other “bush clinics”. In other words MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” will provide to the targeted population a multidimensional care that can be designated by “Healthcare” (improve and secure the population global health), “Wealthcare” (improve and secure the population global wealth) and “Socialcare” (improve and secure the population global social standards).In order to achieve these goals MARUPI want to create its own sustainable development project over a 5 years plan.

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This plan is based on • covenant with rural communities to get rights to plant up to 20,000 square kilometres • Palm tree sustainable development• Palm oil use as local biodiesel to run trucks, power supply, … and Palm oil trade for international

pharmaceutical companies use The palm tree choice is a sound choice because:• it has a rapid ROI (around 20 months between plantation and first harvest)• it is a truly international market driver• Pam tree oil is easy to produce, store and transport with minimum technology (materials & skills)

in a tropical environment• it allows to grow local crops in between the palm trees for local needs and improved local food

access.• it is in line with the MRU development guidelinesIf MARUPI — thanks to its country directors and stakeholders — has the know-how to network the whole MRU population both at urban and rural community level and has knowledge transfert skills, it lacks methodology and initial funding capacity.In order to achieve this goals, MARUPI concluded a partnership with StratAdviser Ltd, a third party which is already providing advices to the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) regarding epidemiological data analysis and strategic responses towards public health issues. For that reason MARUPI has designated StratAdviser Ltd as “Essential Partner” in order to get advises and methodological support regarding the initiation and steering of its global project.This Partnership allowed MARUPI to build a sound seven Steps Roadmap that deserves funding to be completed.

MARUPI Seven Steps Roadmap I. Set a reliable health and economic data collection to monitor the population status within the

area where MARUPI is present II. Build a MARUPI International Steering Committee to validate, analyse and comment those

data III. Elicit a monthly report on those data along with prospective comments and calls for actions to

be disseminated among international key decision makers including those of international funding bodies

IV. Create a MARUPI MRU Task Force devoted to the priorisation, planification and steering of regional or local programs that respond to the calls for actions elicited by the MARUPI International Steering Committee in cooperation with local/regional/international health authorities and funding bodies

V. Establish a MARUPI Funding Office dedicated to the identification of relevant BID to the Mano River area from governments as well as international funding bodies with the ability to respond to those call for tenders and win them, along with the aim to create and disseminate funding campaigns thanks to social networks

VI. Develop a MARUPI Purchasing Bureau specialised in the evaluation, selection and acquisition of requested material ad/or furbishment according to the MARUPI MRU Task Force recommendations in cooperation with local/regional/international health authorities and funding bodies

VII.Edit a quarterly report on MARUPI initiatives and activities updates to be disseminated among international key decision makers including those of local/regional/international health authorities and funding bodies



About the first step of the RoadmapMARUPI already conducted a one month preliminary sound health and economic data collection among a sample of 150 Liberians living in different counties and environments in order to assess the feasibility of a larger 3000 questionnaires survey.The MARUPI Individual & Community Health Assessment Questionnaire is intended to get a clear and reliable vision of both social and health needs of the Mano River Union population who seek for this NGO support.The collected data will serve to priories future investments made possible by the funding of international bodies to best respond to the Mano River Union population needs as taken care by MARUPI. Those questionnaires will be concatenated and analysed by MARUPI with the help of its partner StratAdviser Ltd.In parallel to the public health use of those questionnaire, each will benefit from a specific analysis by a doctor in order to propose a personal assessment with its related medical recommendation to the benefit of the individual who accepted to respond.

About further Roadmap steps and the MARUPI global projectFurther steps of the Roadmap will serve as a support for the MARUPI global project. On the base of the data collection, the MARUPI International Steering Committee will call for actions within the “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster-building” process and recommend appropriate partnership and projects. Then, the MARUPI MRU Task Force will devote itself to the priorisation, planification and steering of regional or local programs that respond to the calls for actions elicited by the MARUPI International Steering Committee. Indeed regular monthly reports of actual impact of actions will assess the relevance of fund use.MARUPI’s "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project scheme encompasses 3 themes:I. improving health status of the targeted population by promoting healthy behaviours in everyday

life, eliciting better local/community water supply/sewer as well as cold/dry food/medication storage infrastructures, fighting against fake street medications and improving access to healthcare professionals; among others

II. improving economic activity within the targeted population by promoting a combination of palm tree/local crops agricultural development along with the related storage/logistic/trade skills enhancement and local/regional/international reach

III. improving social cohesion of the targeted population by fostering inter individuals relationships that are stable, safe, just and tolerant, and respect diversity, equality of opportunity and that recognise the added value of cooperation/participation of individuals regardless of their ethnic and/or religion background in any given project

Regarding the sustainable and ethically produced palm oil products development, MARUPI will favour high level of farmer participation within group size of 15‐20 farmers where each farmer owns 2 ha resulting in management units of 30‐40 ha. MARUPI local representative will favour revenue sharing amongst members of each group, in order to facilitate solidarity amongst group members, and thereby uniform standards of plantation management. MARUPI will recommend that farmers live in a village spatially separate from their plantation to promote community development and reduce cost of developing housing, road and related reticulation. Financial management (mill payment as an example) at primary cooperative level will be organise under MARUPI assistance to achieve maximum transparency with easy auditing and paper trails. MARUPI will act as a secondary cooperative in order to provide services useful for the smallholders and to select best commercial partners to trade the palm oil production in line with MRU guidelines.



MARUPI Individual & Community Health/Wealth Assessment QuestionnaireResults from the preliminary data collectionPrior to call for funding and initiation of its self funding program MARUPI initiated a preliminary data collection to test its ability to evaluate the MRU population socioeconomic health/wealth actual state and its direct needs. This preliminary data collection is also intended to demonstrate to third parties and funding bodies that MARUPI is a reliable NGO that match international standards thus deserves appropriate support.The MARUPI sample is an active (69% employed), well educated (84% graduated from high school), rural (78%) population, with slightly more male (54%) than female (46%) and a mean age of 33.


Education level of sample

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84%

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Activity of sample

1%2%

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Employed StudentUnemployed Self EmployedHomemaker

Living environment of sample

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Urban (informal settlement)SemiruralRural


The MARUPI sample population has a rather low income (97% earn less than 0.5 ₤/day), with medium size housing (60% of 4 to 6 inhabitants) offering 3 rooms (67%), who can afford to eat only once a day (99%).


Daily Income

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Less than 0.5 £/dayMore than 1£/day but less than 2£/dayMore than 2£/day but less than 4£/day

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Less than one/day One/daymore than one/day

Number of people living in the same house

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The MARUPI sample population lives in a rather insecure environment (49% victim of rape, 23% victim of physical assault or attack with weapons) while having difficulties to get health support (84% can’t afford it) although it is available in a reasonable distance (93% within 10 to 20 minutes) although minimalist (79% of facility is a rural clinic).


Personal confrontation with violence

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23%Physical assault or attack with weaponsMutilationRapeKidnaping

Nature of nearest health facility

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rural clinic medical dispensaryhospital

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Cannot afford itNo appointment availableCannot take time offYes

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Discussion on MARUPI preliminary findingsWHO statistical profile on Liberia — despite its wide range of parameters — provides only one statistic that is also included into the MARUPI Individual & Community Health Assessment Questionnaire findings, namely the daily income of the population.

The discrepancy between both database may come from the kind of population (roughly 75 % urban for the WHO database vs 77% rural for the MARUPI sample)Surprisingly, WHO statistical profile on Liberia provides focuses on causes of death rather than causes of impaired contribution to the GDP per capita when compared to the MARUPI Individual & Community Health/Wealth Assessment Questionnaire. It has been demonstrated that disaster-related mortality has a significant negative effect on GDP. Thus, as policy-makers strive to increase GDP through capital investment, export promotion and increased educational enrolment, they should always keep in mind that investments made in the strengthening of national capacity to mitigate the effects of national disasters expeditiously and effectively will yield significant economic returns .3

On the other hand, WHO finds evidence that health is one of the most important determinants of a country’s economic success . Thus, significant improvements in health within reach of affordable 4

policy interventions, whether led by governments or by large-scale philanthropies or local NGOs, potentially lead to increases in economic growth. How the health care expenditure in Africa in general and ECOWAS in particular, responds to changes in the Gross Domestic Products (GDP), Official Development Assistance (ODA), and other determinants, is also relevant for health policy because health care is a necessity in the “basic needs” theory of economic development .5

Beyond those scholastic discussion, the real question to address is: “how can we decide whether we should invest on individual change of behaviour

or rather on health infrastructures or else?”

This is exactly what the MARUPI Individual & Community Health Assessment Questionnaire aims at. As an example, this database demonstrates (if the final study confirm the sample results) that there is still a need to both explain the interest for impregnated mosquitos’ net as well as renewal and/or re-impregnation campaigns along with the dissemination of “mosquitos’ net usage and “family rules” and probably a wider population education regarding the fight against stagnant water (rain barrels, plant pots, animal drinking containers, crevices of plastic goods, garbage cans, old tires, buckets, tree stumps, puddles, shallow ponds, clogged gutters, obstructed down spouts, flat roofs, yard debris, …) to get a real and cost efficient impact on mosquitos’ borne diseases such as malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, filariasis, Zika, … Following the same methodology, oral hygiene which contributes to teeth preservation which in turn drives proper feeding thus positively impacts one’s Healthy life expectancy, appears to be critical and deserves specific programs to increase the population ability to brush teeth more than once a day (53% of the MARUPI sample brush teeth less than once a day while more than 72% have one or more obvious decay or missing teeth).

Statistics WHO MARUPI

Daily income 1.8 ₤/day < 0.5 ₤/day (97% of sample)

Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Aldis W, Mwabu GM. Impact of disaster-related mortality on gross domestic product in the WHO African 3

Region. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2004;4:1. Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. Macroeconomics and Health: Investing in Health for Economic Development. Geneva: 4

World Health Organization; 2001. Okunade AA. Analysis and implications of the determinants of healthcare expenditure in African countries. Health Care Manag Sci. 5

2005 Nov;8(4):267-76.



When it comes to subjects such as Population using improved water and sanitation, WHO exposes that nearly 80% of the Liberian population has access to Improved drinking-water sources while the MARUPI sample reveals that 80% has no access to tab water and rather need nearly 10 minutes walk to get to the nearest well.

MARUPI Global Project financial & economic aspectsMARUPI economic backboneMARUPI choose Palm Oil as the economic backbone of its self funding objective. Palm Oil is a natural extract from the red palm fruit widely produced among ECOWAS member states. The fruit has an oil content of about 50% and the palm kernel has and oil content of around 45%. This high oil content makes palm oil by far the most efficient vegetable oil crop in the world. An oil palm produces 10 times as much oil per hectare as soybeans, 5 times as much as rapeseed and 2 times as much as coconuts. Several products can be produced from the oil palm: palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm olein, palm kernel olein, palm stearin, palm kernel stearin, palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) and palm kernel expeller. The oils have different characteristics and all have their different uses in products. Those different products can be used as a food ingredient for humans and animals, or used in the production of soaps, cosmetics, detergent, pharmaceutical products, and oleo chemical products. as well as a component of biodiesel. The planting of the trees can be done at any time of year; however, the most successful period is between June and December. First harvest can normally be done 30 months after planting the tree. Fruits can be harvested throughout the year, but the peak season for fruit is between July and September. When used as food, unlike most other vegetable oils, it doesn’t promote the accumulation of cholesterol and low-density lipoproteins that are known to be unhealthy. Palm oil positive points are its relative cheapness when compared with other edible oil, and its relatively long shelf life up to one year without losing its quality with proper storage conditions.

MARUPI Budget & Funding requirementsMARUPI intend to achieve self funding capacities within 3 years from 2017. In the mean time MARUPI requires third parties to fund its global project kickoff which includes the seven step road map and the “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project.

* 2019 funding is needed because there will be a gap between financial engagements and actual Palm Oil income during the first semester.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

MARUPI Budget (k£) 100 100 150 200 250 300 350

MARUPI anticipated investment (k£)

400 800 132 000 396 000 1 452 000 2 112 000 2 772 000

MARUPI Funding needs (k£)

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MARUPI anticipated income The anticipated average Crude Palm Oil (CPO) yield of MARUPI palm tree plantation would be nearly 3 tons/hectare/annum (t/ha/a) or nearly 1300 litres of CPO per ha/a. Therefore the 20,000 km2 plantation objective may ultimately yield up to 6,000,000 tons per year.

MARUPI funds controlIn order to secure financial flows and funds use, all fundings will be paid to the French lawyer firm Carpentier-avocats (http://www.carpentier-avocats.com) and collected on a dedicated account handled by the Lawyers' Pecuniary Payment Fund “Caisse Autonome des Règlements Pécuniaires des Avocats (CARPA)”. No fund movement form this account will be possible without a written authorisation from MARUPI Chairman and approved justification from either the MARUPI Funding Office or the MARUPI Purchasing Bureau.

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Palm Oil anticipated production (MMtons)

0 0 0,3 0,9 3,3 4,8 6,3

Palm Oil turnover 440£/ton (MM£)

0 0 132 396 1452 2112 2772

MARUPI Budget (MM£)

0,1 0,1 0,15 0,2 0,25 0,3 0,35


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MARUPI anticipated local/regional/RoW redistributionThanks to this massive potential income, MARUPI intend to redistribute and reinvest this turnover within, Counties/Districts/Clans or equivalents (depending on official administratives subdivisions), MRU and ECOWAS Economy.

* the amount invested in palm tree and self subsistance farming refer to seedlings purchase mainly, other investments (farming, oil processing, logistics, …) are included in the local/MRU economy investments. ** 15% of amount injected in ECOWAS economy will be attributed to the OOAS/WAHO organisationIn doing so MARUPI will significantly contribute to the GDP of rural and peri-urban population and create numerous business opportunities for urban population.


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MARUPI Global project reachThe MARUPI “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster-building” global project will start in Liberia, then spread to the MRU countries, then hopefully to the entire ECOWAS countries, if additional NGO partners volunteer outside the MRU. Indeed adaptation would be needed to respond to local needs and “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” opportunities that may differ outside the MRU.

The MARUPI “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster-building” global project is structured with three administrative subdivisions that mimic those of the MRU member states in order to facilitate coherence and synergy with governmental initiatives and/or programs. Within MRU the administratives subdivisions are as follow:

Since MARUPI is a Liberian NGO its organisation copies the Liberian administrative terms. Readers should refer to this table to find out the corresponding subdivision in a given MRU member state. Nevertheless, MARUPI operates at a fourth subdivision level designated by the term “community” which designates a group of interdependent people inhabiting in a particular local area and interacting with each other.

Administrative subdivisions

Côte d’Ivoire Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone

First level District Regions Counties Provinces

Second level Regions Prefectures Districts Districs

Third level Departments Sous-Prefectures Clans Chiefdoms


Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Benin (1), Burkina Faso (2), Cabo Verde (3), Cote d’Ivoire (4), The Gambia (5), Ghana (6), Guinea (7), Guinea-Bissau (8), Liberia (9), Mali (10), Niger (11), Nigeria (12), Senegal (13), Sierra Leone (14), Togo (15).

Mano River Union (MRU): Côte d’Ivoire (4), Guinea (7), Liberia (9), Sierra Leone (14).

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MARUPI interaction with actual socioeconomic corridorsThe creation, organisation and maintenance of public health safe economic corridors by the West African Health Organisation during the Ebola outbreak offers the opportunity to patch the MARUPI “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster-building” global project.Therefore MARUPI will take any effort to enhance communication, trade exchanges and community health support through those socioeconomic corridors.In other words, MARUPI will take attention to build biodiesel production plants and storage community cold chambers along those corridors as well as reinforced health facilities. Thus the MARUPI “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster-building” global project will contribute to the MRU development program and beyond to the whole ECOWAS.

The interaction with actual socioeconomic corridors contributes to a secure local/regional redistribution and ensure development of many business opportunities linked to the Palm Tree farming as well as Palm Oil processing, storage, transportation and trade.


Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Benin (1), Burkina Faso (2), Cabo Verde (3), Cote d’Ivoire (4), The Gambia (5), Ghana (6), Guinea (7), Guinea-Bissau (8), Liberia (9), Mali (10), Niger (11), Nigeria (12), Senegal (13), Sierra Leone (14), Togo (15).

Mano River Union (MRU): Cote d’Ivoire (4), Guinea (7), Liberia (9), Sierra Leone (14).

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MARUPI cooperatives/corridors interactions As stated above, MARUPI will ensure maximum redistribution in local/regional/RoW levels. In order to achieve this goal, MARUPI thanks to its “International Steering Committee”, “MRU Task Force” and “Funding Office” will coordinate to subcontract with local/regional/RoW partners for procurement and logistic aspects as well as for providing “healthcare”, “wealthcare" and “socialcare” to the targeted population (see section “MARUPI seven steps roadmap requirements” hereafter for more details).

Providing “healthcare”, “wealthcare" and “socialcare” will be covered by trainings and services delivered by MARUPI Stakeholders & partners.

Trainings provided by MARUPI stakeholders & partnersTrainings provided by MARUPI teams to the benefit of primary cooperative members and family are as follow (examples) :• palm tree farming know how• community subsistance farming know how • sustainable agricultural practices• sound use of agrochemicals (how to avoid them, what are the alternatives, when, where, to what

extend and how they should be handled whenever necessary)• safety gear and behaviours for workers• predictive maintenance of farming tools and trucks• wildlife, forests, and waterways preservation • economic, social, and environmental healthy/wealthy domestic behaviours


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Services provided by MARUPI stakeholders & partnersServices provided by MARUPI teams to the benefit of primary cooperative members and family are as follow (examples): • health care for workers and family such as community dispensary, county occupational medicine,

districts’ hospitals, …• recruitment of Doctors (GPs & Specialists) that will make regular journeys to community

dispensary, organisation of a telemedicine network with European (english and french speaking specialists to support local colleagues)

• papers, pens and books for local government-owned schools• Relevant palm oil farming infrastructure such as oil mills, storage sheds, oil tanks, …• Improved sanitation infrastructure promotion/procurement such as community cold chamber,

sewer, …• provide valid equipment purchase lists (seedlings, tractors, trucks, powered grass cutters,

machetes, helmets, aprons, non-slip boots, belts for lifting heavy fruit bunches, …) and facilitate liaison with providers/salers

• community household refuse processing and composts• “Tamper Evident Seals” one-use only, non-resalable, virtually impossible to tamper with, easy to

identify and constructed of non-toxic, non-corrosive, cinch-able material.• Clearance of food grade tankers cleaners which must food grade themselves• Liaison facilitator with banks, insurance, regulatory bodies, state representatives, …• …

As an example MARUPI small food grade tank trucks (11,000 L) of secondary cooperative will convey Palm Oil from the sites of mill processing to storage tank located in the nearest urban area of a socioeconomic corridors while subcontracted large food grade tank trucks, typically range in capacity from 20,800 to 43,900 litres, will convey Palm Oil within socioeconomic corridors to harbours for further trade.



MARUPI Global project overviewMARUPI Global project timeline

MARUPI Global project logical framework approach

Equipment/Service needed

Expected achievements

2017Step I to IV of the Roadmap - Acquire 1 000 Km2 rights to plant palm tree - start training program for healthy life style - Start nurses training program - Start training program for palm tree culture - Initiate plantations of both Palm tree and local crops for population feeding

2018Step V to VII of the Roadmap - Acquire additional 5 000 Km2 rights to plant palm tree - Set up and initiate collection of Palm oil - set up and initiate biodiesel production units - Set up and initiate a secure medication logistic program - expand process to Sierra-Leone if not already done-

2019Acquire additional 5 000 Km2 rights to plant palm tree - develop international trade of palm oil production - Develop MARUPI rural clinics - expand process to Guinea if not already done

2020Acquire additional 5 000 Km2 rights to plant palm tree - keep development of international palm oil trade - Start building MARUPI hospitals -expand process to Côte d’Ivoire if not already done

2021 Acquire additional 5 000 Km2 rights to plant palm tree - Settle sustain development of MARUPI global Program within ECOWAS

Narrative Summary OVI MOV Assumptions and Preconditions

Goal

Provide a sustainable socioeconomic health/wealth behaviour & environment to the target rural MRU population

Quantitative improvement of MARUPI Statistics regarding the target population Health/Wealth status

MARUPI Individual & Community Health/Wealth Assessment Questionnaire yearly campaigns

MARUPI gets sufficient funding to initiate and complete the seven steps Roadmap during 2017 and to initiate its self funding program during 2018-2020

Purpose

Creation of small primary cooperatives of 15‐20 farmers that grow palm tree for trading and for local use as biocarburant as well as growing traditional food plant in between palm trees to provide local food support.

Number of primary cooperatives affiliated to MARUPI secondary cooperative

Covenants and report of activity form primary cooperatives

Local traditional chiefs grant MARUPI with the right to cultivate at least 20,000 kilometer square land



Goal: The higher level objective towards which the project is expected to contribute (mention target groups) - Purpose: The effect which is expected to be achieved as the result of the project - Outputs: The results that the project management should be able to guarantee (mention target groups) - Activities: The activities that have to be undertaken by the project in order to produce outputs - Assumptions: Important events, conditions or decisions outside the control of the project - OVI: Objectively Verifiable Indicators are measures (direct or indirect) to verify to what level fulfilment is achieved - MOV: Means of Verification are sources of data necessary to verify status of OVI level -

Outputs

- Create a meta cooperative that buy palm oil from local cooperatives and trade that oil to generate self funding

- Purchase and maintenance of community cold chambers powered by local production of palm oil that are dedicated to the safe and healthy food storage

- Purchase and maintenance of oil tanks and food grade small trucks to store and deliver palm oil

- Purchase and maintenance of water purification plants powered by local production of palm oil that are dedicated to the production of potable water form surface and/or underground sources

- Purchase and maintenance of additional

Number of local cooperatives adherent to the meta cooperativeNumber of running community cold chambersNumber of oil tanks and food grade small trucks Number of running water purification plants

MARUPI local representatives supervision and audit

Palm oil traders buy MARUPI secondary cooperative plan oil production

Activities

- Teaching of healthy life style behaviours that prevent mosquitos borne diseases, and poor hand hygiene borne diseases,

- Teaching of basic socioeconomic skills such as family food/clothing/school/healthcare budget

- Teaching of palm tree cultivation as well as traditional crops harvesting

Amount of people attending the Teaching/Training programs - Use of new technologies like smartphones apps and videos

Registration sheets from teaching/training sessions - number of downloads of video training sessions

Expression of Interest from potential partners translate

into actual covenants

Narrative Summary OVI MOV Assumptions and Preconditions



MARUPI seven steps roadmap requirementsAs developed above, the MARUPI seven steps roadmap is the preliminary work to perform in order to build an appropriate MARUPI global "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project for the MRU population and beyond. Thus it is of utmost importance to focus on the seven steps roadmap requirements.

Step I requirementsIn order to collect the 3000 MARUPI Individual & Community Health Assessment Questionnaire in a convenient time and quality, we need to acquire the followings:

*compliant with the IP65 and MIL-STD-810G military standards or similar for toughness (shock, drops, water, dust resistant). ** 4GBDATA, 250 mins , unlimited texts

Step II requirementsIn order to build its International Steering Committee, MARUPI needs to recruit 5 to 10 individuals with appropriate background and MRU situational analysis skills as well as invest in the followings:


Cost/Item Quantity Total Cost What for

Laptops performing under tropical/desert conditions*

£1 800 20

£36 000

to gather questionnaire responses from interviewees

3G cellular phones performing under tropical/desert conditions*

£150 20

£3 000

to get internet access even in remote places

Pay as you go Mobile Internet plan operating in West Africa**

₤25/package 20x12

£6 000

to get internet access even in remote places

Motorbikes 125 cm3 £5 000 20 £100 000to reach people living in remote places

Cargo material to Monrovia £5 000 1

£5 000

to deliver the purchased material to MARUPI representative in Monrovia

Stratadviser Ltd support for Step I £7 250 1

£7 250

Set a reliable health and economic data collection to monitor the population status within the area where MARUPI is present



Fees for International Steering Committee meetings (3 meetings/year)

₤300/member 10x3

£9 000

Compensate for the time and expertise provided for each one day meetings




MARUPI International Steering Committee assignmentsthe MARUPI International Steering Committee will validate, analyse and comment collected data then draw conclusion and recommendations regarding the deployment of the 7 steps roadmap as well as the global “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project for the MARUPI MRU Task Force.

Anticipated members of the International Steering Committee are:1. Pr Abdul Karim Bangura Washington D.C. Metro Area (approved to participate)2. Dr George Klay Kieh Liberian politician (approved to participate)

PendingAre you interested to join?

Send a CV and a short note on how you could actively support MARUPI and its "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project as a member of the International Steering Committee to StratAdviser

[email protected]

Being a member of the MARUPI International Steering Committee is not a permanent position. Applicant can be located anywhere and must have a principal activity related to the MARUPI "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project

Step III requirementsCosting assistance of StratAdviser regarding step III is as follow:

Transport and accommodations for meetings (10 members)

₤3 000/member 10x3

£90 000

Covers 1 day trip, two hotel nights & restaurants (meetings to be held in London)

Meeting facility £1 500 3/year £4 500 rent of the premise

Stratadviser Ltd support for Step II £9 750 1

£9 750

Build a MARUPI International Steering Committee to validate, analyse and comment collected data

Cost/Item Quantity Total Cost What forEquipment/Service needed



Stratadviser Ltd support for Step III

₤2 700/month 12

£32 400

Elicit a monthly report on those data along with prospective comments and calls for actions to be disseminated among international key decision makers including those of international funding bodies


mailto:[email protected]


Step IV requirementsIn order to build its Task Force, MARUPI needs to recruit 5 individuals with appropriate background and MRU situational analysis skills as well as invest in the followings:

MARUPI MRU Task Force assignmentsThe MARUPI MRU Task Force will work on 3 main themes according to MARUPI’s "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project scheme:• improving health status of the targeted population• improving economic activity within the targeted population• improving social cohesion of the targeted populationThe MARUPI MRU Task Force will design and implement appropriate initiatives to fulfil its assignments.

Anticipated members of the MARUPI MRU Task Force are:


Send a CV and a short note on how you could actively support MARUPI and its "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project as a member of the MARUPI MRU Task Force to StratAdviser Ltd

[email protected]

Being a member of the MARUPI I Task Force is not a permanent position. Applicant can be located anywhere and must have a principal activity related to the MARUPI "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project.

Step V requirementsIn order to build its Funding Office, MARUPI needs to recruit 3 individuals with appropriate background and MRU situational analysis skills as well as invest in the followings:



Videoconference monthly meeting 500 9 €4 500

Monitor both the 7 Steps Roadmap and Global Project

Transport and accommodations for face to face meetings (5 members)

₤3 000/member 5x3

£45 000

Covers 1 day trip, two hotel nights & restaurants (meetings to be held in London)

Meeting facility £1 500 3/year £4 500 rent of the premise

Stratadviser Ltd support for Step IV ₤6 500/year 1

£6 500

Create a MARUPI MRU Task Force devoted to the priorisation, planification and steering of regional or local programs that respond to the calls for act ions el ic i ted by the MARUPI International Steering Committee




MARUPI “ assignmentsThe MARUPI Funding Office will develop three sets of actions:• Identification of relevant BID from funding bodies that match MARUPI global project• Creation and dissemination of funding campaigns thanks to social networks• Financement of local and/or regional initiatives that fit in the "socioeconomic health/wealth

cluster" project either suggested by the MARUPI Taskforce or elicited by individuals or communities of the target population

Anticipated members of the MARUPI Funding Office are:


Send a CV and a short note on how you could actively support MARUPI and its "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project as a member of the MARUPI Funding Office to StratAdviser Ltd

[email protected]

Being a member of the MARUPI I Funding Office is a full time or part time position located in London.



Stratadviser Ltd support for Step V 12,000 ₤ 1

12,000 ₤

Establish a MARUPI Funding Office dedicated to the identification of relevant BID to the Mano River area from governments as well as international funding bodies with the ability to respond to those call for tenders and win them, along with the aim to create and disseminate funding campaigns thanks to social networks as well as financing local or regional initiatives that meet the “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project




Step VI requirementsCosting assistance of StratAdviser regarding step V is as follow:

MARUPI Purchasing Bureau assignmentsThe MARUPI Purchasing Bureau will be devoted to the evaluation, selection and acquisition of requested material ad/or furbishment in order to reach the "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project and its related initiatives.

Anticipated members of the MARUPI Purchasing Bureau are:


Send a CV and a short note on how you could actively support MARUPI and its "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project as a member of the MARUPI Purchasing Bureau to StratAdviser Ltd

Being a member of the MARUPI I Funding Office is a full time or part time position located in Monrovia.

Step VII requirementsCosting assistance of StratAdviser regarding step V is as follow:



Stratadviser Ltd support for Step VI 6,500 ₤ 1

6,500 ₤

Develop a MARUPI Purchasing Bureau specialised in the evaluation, selection and acquisition of requested material ad/or furbishment according to the MARUPI MRU Task Force recommendations



Stratadviser Ltd support for Step VII 3,600 ₤ 3

10,800 ₤

Edit a quarterly report on MARUPI initiatives and activities updates to be disseminated among international key decision makers including those of international funding bodies, without layout, providing text only, layout cost can be estimate



MARUPI Global project partnersMARUPI recognises several partners status. namely “Essential Partners” that are deeply involved and thus benefit from long term collaboration covenants and specific costing processes, “Associate Partners” that are subcontractors or suppliers which provide services or goods with special conditions, “Preferred Partners” which are institutional/NGO partners that provide MARUPI with non commercial support/advices and eventually get funding from MARUPI in return, “Beneficiary Partners” that set non profit covenant with MARUPI and may get fundings from MARUPI whenever appropriate.

MARUPI recognises an additional category named “Essential Contributors” that designates Funding Bodies and individuals that contributed to the initial 2017-2019 fund raising sessions. Those will be mentioned in all communication material elicited by MARUPI.

Additional Partners of the MARUPI seven step roadmap & “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” Global project are:


Send a short note on how you could actively support MARUPI and its "socioeconomic health/wealth cluster" project as Associate or Preferred Partner to StratAdviser Ltd

[email protected]

Being a member of the MARUPI I Funding Office is a full time or part time position located in Monrovia.

Partners Contribution Status

StratAdviser LtdDesign and methodological assistance of the MARUPI seven step roadmap & “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” Global project

Essential Partner (covenant)

Carpetier-avocats Legal adviser and recipient of all funds on behalf of MARUPI

Essential Partner (designated)

Local Community Leaders

Own the land and grant MARUPI the right to develop palm tree culture

Beneficiary Partner (ongoing convenants)

WAHOValidate the health educational program within the MARUPI “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” Global project

Preferred Partner (Expression of Interest)

AFBDContributor of the MARUPI seven step roadmap & “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” Global project

Potential Partner(Pending)

MUTSANTU Provider of a social and health protection of the populations, in rural as well as urban area

Potential Partner(Expression of Interest)

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,

Tuberculosis and Malaria

Contributor of the MARUPI seven step roadmap & “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” Global project

Potential Partner(Expression of Interest)

Senghor University Design and deliver teaching/training sessions for french speaking MRU/ECOWAS state members

Preferred Partner (Expression of Interest)




Conclusion & PerspectivesThe MARUPI Individual & Community Health Assessment Questionnaire gather more relevant data than available ones that can be found in reference databases such as the WHO.More than that, it allows to better hierarchise and prioritise Health and social programs to match actual needs of the Mano River Union population.

Down the process, the MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project will develop the followings:• Self sustainability through training in farming skills and income generation activities which help

the target population to grow enough to feed and support themselves and their herds• Clean water and sanitation• Basic & advanced health programmes•Funding bodies are ensured that:1. the MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project adopts a holistic approach

throughout all project stages and have a well defined “exit strategy” (anticipated self funding)2. the MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project is being delivered at the grass-

roots level through an established and proven delivery partner who is fully engaged with the local community

3. the MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project clearly demonstrates the local communities involvement and that it delivers necessary training and education to sustain the project beyond the delivery partner’s departure

4. the MARUPI’s “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster” project demonstrates that robust governance and monitoring procedures are in place

Contact us for more info

StratAdviser Ltd (official representative of MARUPI regarding both the “seven steps roadmap” and the “socioeconomic health/wealth cluster”)

2nd Floor, Berkeley Square House,London,W1J 6BD UKPhone: +44 (0) 207 8874510Fax:+44 (0) 207 8876001

or Call Dr Jan-Cedric Hansen +33 (0) 6 31 83 08 68

Email; [email protected]



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