Joint Public/Private Platform for the National Parrainage Programme

WHY ARE WE HERE

• Budget speech ⇒ Parrainage project

‘LOVEBRIDGE’ as the platform

“REGIONS” AND “HOUSEHOLDS”

• “Régions défavorisés’ ⇒ ↑↑↑↑ concentration of “Households”

• “Régions défavorisés”:

a) Hardware ⇒ Infrastructure [roads/electricity/water/sewerage]

⇒ Sports & Social infrastructure

⇒ Housing?

b) Software ⇒ Households/Families

LOVEBRIDGE ⇒⇒⇒⇒ SOFTWARE

TARGET HOUSEHOLDS CRITERIA

A. 6 PILLARS

• Households living in “inhuman” conditions

1. Nutritional

2. ‘Employability’/Employment [Income]

3. Housing per capita

4. Education:

(a) Access

(b) Household environment

5. Healthcare

6. Attitude / self help

• “Vicious circle”

• Unable ‘alone’ = need Help

Per Capita criteria

a) Income

b) Housing

1 or more

basic needs

not met

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Interlinked

B.BILAN ON “ABSOLUTE POVERTY” IN MAURITIUS

• ECHEC? IMPROVEMENT TREND??

• 8,000 families

∴ - Historical methods NOT ENOUGH

- Need new weapons/approaches

- Need ‘NATIONAL’ commitment/Synergies

EMPOWERMENT

A. EMPOWERMENT

‘’Give a man a fish…

B. 6 PILLARS

• Education

• Health

• Employability/Employment

• Housing

• Nutrition

• The right ‘Attitude’/self help

NB: (1)Target households must ‘aspire’ + ‘be willing’

(2) Empowerment v/s Assistanat

C. PARTICIPANTS IN THE ‘WAR’ AGAINST POVERTY

1.GOVERNMENT

2.BUSINESS COMMUNITY

3.NGO’s

4.CIVIL SOCIETY

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PROJET LOVE BRIDGE [ 3 YEARS OLD ]

‘LONG TERM’ COMMITMENT UNTIL EMPOWERMENT → MORAL COMMITMENT

NO ‘FEU DE PAILLE’

FAMILLE

ACCOMPAGNATRICE

FAMILLE

BENEFICIAIRE

SOCIAL WORKER/

LOVEBRIDGE TEAM

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- Cité Brasserie: 25

- EDC: 15

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Housing

NEF

Education

Etc…

GOVT

Etc…

Civil

Society

AccompagnateursLOVEBRIDGE TEAM/

CELLULE

Target Household

[Beneficiaries]

LOVEBRIDGE ‘FACILITATES’ BRIDGES BETWEEN GOVT/NGO’s and

TARGET HOUSEHOLDS

End customer

NGO’s

Caritas

Pils

Ti rayon soleil

POURQUOI ‘LOVE BRIDGE’A. LOVE

Amour = L’Autre avant MoiAmour = Agir v/s Sentiments

Huge difficulties/challenges ∴ ∴ ∴ ∴ perseverance & commitment

L’Intelligence du coeur

B. BRIDGE⇒ Two-way traffic

⇒ Nation building between 2 extremes

THE CONCEPTCellule 1 Cellule 2 Cellule 3 Cellule 4 Cellule 5 Cellule 8000

A1

S1

B1

A2

S2

B2

A3

S3

B3

A4

S4

B4

A5

S5

B5

A6

S6

B6

A = Accompagnateurs

B = Bénéficiaires

S = Social Worker

LES FAMILLES BÉNÉFICIAIRES

FAMILLES BENEFICIAIRES

• ‘Target household’ criteria

• Household survey

• Must ‘want to’ be part in Lovebrdige

SOCIAL WORKERS & PROJECT COORDINATOR

• SOCIAL WORKERS [Unqualified]

− Full time / Flexitime

− Living in same ‘region’

− ‘Coaching’ & ‘Training’

− ± 1 social worker to 10 cellules

− The ‘bridge’

• PROJECT COORDINATOR [Qualified]

− ± 1 project coordinator to 5 social workers to 50 cellules [per region]

− ‘Link up’ to NGO’s

− Responsible for KPI’s

− Act as ‘accompagnateur’ if necessary

FAMILLE/PERSONNE ACCOMPAGNATEUR [PARRAINS]

• ‘Long term’

• A real ‘envie’

• Living in ‘proximity’

• Coached

• 51% accountable

Time spent per month ± 2 to 4 hours [per capita]

Team work with social workers

Need 8000 of them over time

BILAN 3 YEARS

REGIONSNOMBRE ADULTES

VULNERABLES

NOMBRE ENFANTS

VULNERABLES

NOMBRE

ACCOMPAGNATEURS

TOTAL 67 108 81

• Education:

Tous les enfants sont scolarisés:

−48 enfants bénéficient d’un soutien scolaire

−13 enfants transférés dans des écoles adaptées

−19 enfants bénéficient d’un soutien psychologique

−13 enfants participent à des activités extrascolaires

BILAN 3 YEARS

• Emploi : 43 adultes ont trouvé un emploi, dont 24 un emploi stable

• Logement : 26 familles ont pu rénover leur logement/entamer des

démarches pour des logements sociaux

• Santé : 20 bénéficiaires → suivi médical pour maladies chroniques

• Nutrition : 14 familles sur aide alimentaire

• ‘Accompagnateurs’ ‘‘committed’’ to long term relationship

• 100% beneficiaries satisfised

Tried / Tested / Proven

For ‘NATIONAL PROGRAMME’

1. ‘SCALE UP’ from 42 to 000’s cellules

2. Plug in Companies ⇒⇒⇒⇒ Voluntary

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECT

• ‘SPV’ under ‘JEC/MEF’

• Board members:

− Raj Makoond [Co Chair person] - Eric Adam

− Harold Mayer [Co Chair person] - Robert Fernando [Clinical Psychologist]

− Pradeep Dursun [ MEF] - Jacques D‘Unienville

− Danielle Wong - 3 other members

− Hector Espitalier Noël - Ministry of Finance representative [1]

− Anil Currimjee - Ministry of Finance representative [2]

− Dean Ah Chuen

• ‘CEO’ → report to the Board.

• The ‘seed capital’ → Government funds

LOVEBRIDGE

[NATIONAL PROJECT MAPPING]

LOVE

FAMILLE ACCOMPAGNATEURS

BENEFICIARIES IN

REGIONS DEFAVORISES

ONGPUBLIC SECTOR

PRIVATE

COMPANIESLOVEBRIDGE ORGANISATION/

SOCIAL WORKERS

LOGO & TAGLINES

LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECTVISION/MISSION/VALUES

VISION

Through Lovebridge, our aim, is to play an active

role (alongside Government, NGO’s and Civil

society) in the eradication of absolute poverty.

Our vision is to help empower & bring

autonomy to all willing households caught in the

poverty trap. We have a long term commitment to

that vision. Our vision is also to promote ‘nation

building’ by building bridges.

LOVEBRIDGE NATIONAL PROJECTVISION/MISSION/VALUES

MISSION

Our mission is to deliver ‘empowerment’ & ‘autonomy’ to

target households through the 6 pillars:

� Education

� Employability & Employment [Income]

� Food

� Health

� Housing

� Positive attitude towards ‘empowerment’/self help

VISION/MISSION/VALUES

VALUES

• Love [Loving relationships]

• Humility

• Respect [both ways]

• Tolerance & patience & solidarity

• Courage

• Modern management methods

• Results driven in KPIs

• Commitment & perseverance [long term]

• Hard work

• ‘Substance’ over ‘form’ [Transparence]

Soft

OBJECTIVES OF LOVEBRIDGE/NATIONAL PROGRAMME

• Available to ‘all’ willing families

[10 districts of Mauritius]

• Sustain the project for at least 20 years

[1 generation]

KEYS TO SUCCESS + FUNDAMENTALS

• ‘Long term’ objective [20 years] → 1 generation

• Lovebridge not a “substitute” ⇒ A complement

• Companies involved ⇒ “voluntary basis”

• No smoke screen/window dressing in feedback on KPI’s

• Appropriate ‘leadership’

• Appropriate funding

TARGET REGIONS [PER DISTRICT]

• 2016 ⇒⇒⇒⇒ Start 1 or 2 regions per district

• Healthy competition between districts for results

NATIONAL PROJECT ASSUMPTIONS & GIVENS

• No. of target households ⇒ 4000 to 8000

• 1 social worker per 10 to 20 households [to be fine tuned]

• 1 project coordinator for 10 to 15 social workers [to be fine tuned]

• Estimated annual cost ⇒⇒⇒⇒ Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per households

[inc. Lovebridge structure costs]

• All Lovebridge staff to be stationed in sponsor company offices ⇒ Decentralised

• Financial requirements for ‘households’ ⇒⇒⇒⇒ funded by voluntary contributions by companies:

⇒ Education⇒ Crisis⇒ Housing⇒ Food-Nutrition⇒ Health⇒ Other miscellaneous

• Involve ↑↑↑↑ calibre ‘volunteers’ in project

ORGANIGRAM OF 1 DISTRICT/REGION

Households

Social Workers

Region Coordinator

CEO/Central Organisation

District Board- Chairperson - CEO- Other ‘sponsor’ companies rep - National Operations- Municipality/District Council reps - Coordinator- Active/Relevant regional NGO’s - District Coordinator- Lovebridge ‘family’ project reps

NGO’s Accompagnateurs

TOP KPIs

NEXT 10

1) Per capita income [work]

2) % employment [would < 9 months per eligible household]

3) % eligible children : < 18 outside education system

4) : en “échec scolaire”

5) % households : Too little “per capita” space for housing

6) : No “access” to water & electricity

7) : Minimum nutritional needs not met

8) : With “unsustainable debt”

9) : With “unmet” health care needs

10) : Where “loving relationship” established in cellule

11) : With ‘positive attitude’ towards empowerment/self help

TOP 3

1) % households ⇒⇒⇒⇒ Happy

2) % companies ⇒ Happy

3) % of ‘accompagnateurs’ ⇒ Happy

HOW COMPANIES PARTICIPATE IN LOVEBRIDGE [Plug in]

• Participation → Voluntary

• 3 categories ⇒ Gold/Silver/Bronze

• Ways of involvement:

− Host Lovebridge staff on site + logistics

− Participate in funds for target households [yearly budget volunteered at DCB].

⇒ Education ⇒ Housing ⇒ Emergency ⇒ Health ⇒ Food ⇒

Training/Coaching

− Propose employees to act as ‘accompagnateurs’ → 50% own time & 50% company time

− Sit on ‘District Board’ for 3 meetings a year to review progress & KPIs.

− Access to ‘HR’ staff for ‘small assistance’ of various nature.

− Sit on ‘crisis committee’ for region [in case of crisis].

− Any other suggested way/new ideas

Above to be fine tuned after consultations

CRITICAL PATH + PACE OF DEVELOPMENT

− Funds committed/SPV formed/Project ratified 30/08/2017

− Top management [± 15 people] recruited & trained 30/12/2017

− Operational plan drafted with Lovebridge Management team

− 50 Social workers employed & trained [5 per district]

− Companies enrolled

− Surveys done in priority regions

30/06/2017

− Target households enrolled on programme by social workers

⇒ By 30/12/2017

⇒ By 30/12/2018

⇒ Year 3 to 30/11/2019

⇒ Year 4 to 30/12/2020

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The ‘Board’ will set the ‘pace’ of enrolment based on the above criteria

WHY LOVEBRIDGE SHOULD BRING RESULTS?

1. Direct/simple/pragmatic approach ⇒ Hands on

2. Tried/tested/proven ⇒ just scale up

3. Our Top 100 companies drive successfulorganisations in much more complex environments

4. Decentralised approach ⇒ free of red tape.

5. Lovebridge not a ‘heavy burden’ on companies

SPIN OFF BENEFITS OF LOVEBRIDGE

1. ‘Nation building’ ⇒ Bridge between Have and Have not’s.

⇒Bridge between businesses and poverty

2. Contribute to ‘National unity’.

3. ± 300 to 500 jobs created.

4. Probably ‘unique’ PPP in fight against poverty → Global ‘role’ model

5. ‘‘Capitalism with a social heart’’

CONCLUSION

• Its ‘AMBITIOUS’ = in line with the size of the challenge.

• ‘Doable’ if ALL OF US ⇒ Government/Private sector

leaders put our weight; our will; and most importantly our

‘HEART’ behind it.

LET’S EMBARK ON THE JOURNEY WITH

‘LOVE’ & ‘DETERMINATION’

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