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INTRODUCTION

LESOTHO IS TRULY RISING. LAST WEEK A2B TRANSFORMATION AND AFRISKI HOSTED OUR SECOND PLANNING SESSION OF 2020. THE ATTENDANCE TRIPLED FROM THE FIRST SESSION, WITH A MULTITUDE OF ATTENDEES FROM A MYRIAD OF FIELDS, CREEDS AND CULTURES.

WHAT IS THE “WHY”?

We got deeper into the why of the goal.

With solid research to backup the why, we first started by reflecting to the participants how poor Lesotho, as a country, is performing in relation to the world.

Some facts we covered:

Lesotho rank

Lesotho is number 131 out of 137 countries on the World Economic Forum – this means that Lesotho is performing very poorly in relation to other countries on all topics of economy, social development, education, tourism, etc.

Socio economic issues

In order for a community to mobilise towards a common goal, they need to share a common enemy. Issues of HIV, human trafficking, initiation killings, fear mongering, unconducive parenting  and jealous down mentality, government corruption and citizen exploitation are all subjects of discussion when discerning the socio-economic enemies that the Basotho participants at Lesotho Rise yearn to diminish and eradicate.

Artificial intelligence

The inevitability of AI taking over industries is more prominent in first world countries. This means that mass industries are at stake, due to the rise of artificial intelligence (robots doing our work for us). Because of this fact, first world countries are less occupied with operational activities and rather seeking experiences which will contribute to their inner happiness. As operations are taken over by robots, the humans start to lack stimulation, experience, “I can” moments and personal discovery. They become bored and depressed, seeking real experiences that will boost their happiness levels.

Happiness

Happiness originates from feeling safe, belonging and being recognised. Happiness grows when learning and experiencing new things that builds neural pathways in the brain resulting in perceived competence or “I CAN!” Moments, being resourceful and solution orientated, achieving goals, discovering fresh concepts and meeting new cultures, experiencing gratitude, helping others.

Basotho citizens live subsistence lives, in high altitude, up in the mountains, where the air is clean, close to the nature; the  waterfalls and rivers to cross, energises them daily.  The culture is spiritual, caring and hospitable, they’ve just got the happiness vibe.

Every passer by agrees, Lesotho will become the forerunner in Africa for synthesizing social tourism with happiness.

WHAT IS THE “HOW”?

We got deeper into the how of the goal.

This process is a bit more complicated, as it involves the actual mobilisation and implementation of the proposed initiatives. The how will be an ongoing multi dimensional process, with the roll-out of several educational transformational initiatives, community skills development programmes,  and smart multi-media interactions.

To start off, we are launching

STAGE 1 (The Direction Stage)

This is more of an ‘internal’ orientation process, where community members will be familiarised and develop anticipation of the steps of community transformation and the programs that will be rolled out in their community. Currently the people know very little about how to transform themselves, not even mentioning how to transform their community, both in terms of their own personal optimisation, as well as how to get ready for the development of social tourism as a mean of international interest resulting in economical traction.

STAGE 2 (The Formation Stage)

This will be the actual implementation stage, where respective participants in Lesotho Rise will start to roll-out their change programmes.

During Stage 2, researchers will document the progress and stories that come from the building of the infrastructure, skills gained by individuals and the upliftment of the community as a whole.

Over two intensive days of brainstorming on the 12-13 February 2020 (@ Afriski in Butha Buthe District), networking and inception, six action teams were established, all operating in different sectors in Lesotho. Each group took responsibility for setting up their objectives and driving their agendas to task completion point. These action teams are communicating on Whatsapp groups and will present their progress reports.

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A world best practice transformation methodology is used as captured in the A2B book, ” From dependency to dignity”. Subsequently, the author is writing 16 more related books. Thousands of African lives have been socio economically transformed and empowered through the work done in this regard. Vivienne Schultz, the author,  has been awarded an Ashoka Fellowship(Washington DC) in 2007. The Ashoka Foundation is a global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs — individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems. https://www.ashoka.org/

EAGLE HUB facilitates entrepreneurialism  ( in children and adults)  to another level by moving individuals through the 7 levels of Occupational Intelligence(OI) (OI is our unique monitoring and evaluation scale for which we received an international award). This scale has intervention processes behind every level to tip humans forward towards the highest level of response-ability when executing any level of task they are occupied with. This scale is the foundation to the success of all our Entrepreneurialism product offerings.

Eagle Hubs cater for all sectors of the society, all 6 life cycles. It consists of 8 compulsory pillars, all interlinked and integral to one another, supporting holistic intervention.  The EAGLE HUB operates according to the HOOS ( Human Optimisation Operating System)

The Headoffice of EAGLE HUB is situated in the Whistler Camp @ AFRISKI.  This is where training of trainers take place, where product development is tested, before it goes out to community EAGLE HUS and where children and youth is sent for a 6 day ‘out of comfort zone” first experiencial learning.

1. It is envisages that EAGLE HUB facilities will be established in every district or main town of Lestoho. It is a pre cursor to the Reality TV shows and the social tourism route development. Tourists and citizens alike will be together in thee hubs and transfer skills and happiness to each other.

The EAGLE HUB model is a predesigned water tight operating system and does not allow any community power play and does not end up in a  “ white elephant lifeless buildings” like with many traditional community centres with founder good intentions.

2. Plug and play entrepreneurial profitable products are plugged into Eagle hubs for example:
   1. EECD (from crèche owner to social entrepreneur)
   2. ECP ( Eagle conducive parenting)
   3. Stringtool workshops (the new visual working business plan that gets everyone to buy in)
   4. Business Bureau
   5. Parenting programs.

3. A highly trained and motivated team of (bespoke) specialists, (Called entrepreneurial provocateurs, who have been qualified in the Responsive Leadership Program, are connected with these EAGLE HUS and manage a Monitoring &Evaluation process. Our provocatering costs R 1000- per month per person. The model is developed in such a way that the corporate involvement will subsidise 50% of the cost of disenfranchised individuals in communities and the other 50%( R 500-)is value exchanged( see Value Exchange Bank in point 5 below)
4. Re-Volition Journey App, the process is augmented bya progressive IT Application, (It’s called Re-volition Journey APP) with a registry system which will make the process streamlined, super simple and scalable
5. The Value Exchange Bank, that enables resources and opportunities that simultaneously strengthens every individual’s intrinsic value and worth (more information available on request)
6. Lexicon of Terms and Tools, a transformative language and toolkits for all spheres of life and cultures for moving humans forward on the entrepreneurial journey.

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