UN INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT (2015-2024).
CARIBBEAN AFRICAN DIASPORA RECONSTRUCTION PLAN:
INTRODUCTION:
The United Nations (UN) has acknowledged 2015–2024 as the decade of people of African descent. After 400 years of the Atlantic Slave Trade, most of the enslaved and colonized countries are still in a socio-economic and culturally underdeveloped state.
The UN, in its 2015–2024 declaration, has identified four areas of interest, inclusive of:
1) Recognition
2) Justice
3) Development
4) Multiple or aggravated discrimination
These four areas of interest must take into account the specific state of women, girls, and young males. This plan seeks to address item #3: development. In this regard, the issues of social, financial, and economic development are targeted. The purpose of this reconstruction plan is to re-establish the plans for the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the world and the western colonization plan. The slave trade has accumulated trillions of dollars for western nations.
This plan focuses on the interests of the UN, namely, justice: recognition, development, and economics. In this regard, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean region will contribute to the design of the African Diaspora Descendants Reconstruction Plan. This plan will be the economic framework to propose to the U.N. to strengthen its Economics paragraph and is based on the 2015 #17 Sustainable Development Global Goals.
PHILOSOPHY:
The philosophy of this project is centered on the eternal Zulu concept of humanity: ‘Ubuntu’. Wikipedia explains that the Ubuntu philosophy is translated to mean "I am because we are" and also "humanity towards others." However, the term has a more philosophical connotation: "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. Ubuntu, therefore, is an eternal African ancient philosophy of oneness. It also means humanity towards others and expresses all those intrinsic values that uphold the harmony of the essence of sharing among members of a community and the wider society. The ethical
The values of Ubuntu include, among others, respect for others, helpfulness, caring, community, unselfishness, sharing, and, above all, trust. In this reconstruction plan, we are using the definition of Ubuntu as "I AM BECAUSE WE ARE.”
VISION, MISSION, AND GOALS:
VISION:
The Vision of the African Diaspora Reconstruction Plan:
The global community practices the philosophy of Ubuntu, particularly with and among African descendants in the diaspora.
MISSION:
Our mission is to deliver sustainable social and economic development to African descendants in the diaspora, particularly women, girls, and young males, through project financing and grant funds.
GOALS:
The goals of the African Diaspora Reconstruction Plan are to:
1) Empower African descendants in the Diaspora to lift their status in society using the Ubuntu philosophy.
2) Contribute to the expansion of micro, small and medium-sized businesses currently owned by African
descendants in the diaspora, using loan and grant funds where appropriate.
3) Build capacity among African descendants in the Diaspora to conceptualize and start new businesses through training and technical assistance, using loan and grant funds where appropriate.
4) Contribute to the development of youth at risk in the various communities of African descendants in the
Diaspora, using the Ubuntu philosophy.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY
The organizational strategy to be used by the African Diaspora Reconstruction Plan is to use a private sector company to deliver the goals of the plan. The stated objectives of this company are:
1) To contribute to the social and economic development of African descendants in the Diaspora.
2) To provide development funds for the African Diaspora at the office based in the United Kingdom and
the Caribbean, whether through loans or grants for their economic and financial development.
3) To provide seed money for small business start-ups for deserving members of the African Diaspora.
4) To develop a philosophy of self-help in the African Diaspora
5) To assist the African Diaspora in preparing funding proposals.
6) To provide technical assistance to the African Diaspora for the design and implementation of
humanitarian aid, social and business projects, or any other type of project that is designed to uplift the
social and economic standing of the African descendants in the Diaspora.
7) To seek and raise funds for all of the projects and business of the company.
8) To join with and partner with other similar organizations for the general upliftment of African Descendants in the Diaspora
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To operate the company in the best interests of its internal stakeholders
Development
A. HUMANITARIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
1.) Livelihood Development Program
2.) Scholarship Development Program
3.) Healthcare Development Program
4.) Annuity Development Program
B. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
1.) Infrastructure Development Program
2.) Agricultural Development Program
3.) Mining Development Program
4.) Industrial Development Program