1. Livelihood Basix Inc. Strategic Direction Revised December 2015

2. Vision and Mission of LBI  The vision of LBI is to innovate and implement sustainable solutions that can have transformational impact on the lives and livelihoods of the poor.  The mission of LBI is to partner with local institutions to enable market based development that create sustainable enterprises and livelihoods and improves quality of life of the poor communities, in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) the least developed regions in India.

3. Value Proposition of LBI  LBI has been established to internationalize and carry forward the legacy of BASIX experience and knowledge built over 20 years in working with the livelihoods of the poor  Basix is an internationally acknowledged and recognized social enterprise working for the livelihoods of the poor. LBI has successfully built on this to make its mark in SSA under the ALPs project  The key learnings to date are that the poor remain in the cycle of poverty as their transaction costs are higher, their risks are greater and their incentives are lower. We have realized that these barriers can be overcome through Institutional Development Services (Aggregation), Business Development Services (Market Linkages) and Livelihood Financial Services (Financial Linkages)  We expanded to Africa under the Microlead Program of UNCDF and ALPs program of SDC and now have a combined 12 year experience in 4 countries in SSA of running long term projects. SSA and India can mutually benefit through the South-South Exchange program  SSA can be at the forefront of meeting India’s food security along with better living conditions and improved agricultural practices for it’s own farmers through market linkages with India.

4. Objectives of LBI for 2016-18 in Tanzania and Mozambique are  At least 10,000 youth (M&F below 30 years) are supported to become gainfully self-employed as farmers or agro/micro- entrepreneurs  At least 10,000 women (above 30 years) are supported to improve their household incomes and quality of life through community interventions  “Supported” means – trained in their livelihood activity, given access to capital and financial services, and organised to be able to deal favorably with markets and support agencies.  In partnership with our Institutional Partners,  GAPI, a major development finance institution of Mozambique  Litenga Holdings, MSK Enterprises and the Akiba Bank, Tanzania and  Basix Social Enterprise Group, and its partners in India

5. Objectives of LBI for 2016-18 for India are Join hands with the government and public initiatives to meet the criteria of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Pursue Goals 1,2,3, 5,6,7 and 8. Mobilize funding and knowledge resources from the US, for practice areas to leverage the Basix Social Enterprise Group and its partners’ experience in:  Water and Sanitation for Rural Areas  Solid Waste Management for Urban Areas  Eco-development for tribals around wildlife protected areas  Establishing farmer owned agri-enterprises  Renewable energy and climate adaptation – solar, biogas, financing, carbon credits, etc. To establish social enterprises in these practice areas.

6. LBI Strategy: Field Testing and Scaling Up Sustainable Development Innovations Field Testing Institutionalization Field Testing in, Mozambique Tanzania and India Independent Evaluation Basix Social Enterprise Group and partners in India Field Partners – NGOs & Social Enter- prises Cornell U, Shorebank / NCIF, CARE, Arc Finance, US Supporting social enterprises and communities to reach sustainability Sources of developmental innovations GAPI, Moz Litenga, MSK, Akiba Tz

7. The means needed for meeting the Objectives of LBI for 2016-18 Financial Resources  For Tanzania, supplement USD 0.5 million available with LBI, with additional USD 1 million per annum from funding agencies  For Mozambique, supplement USD 0.5 million available with LBI, with additional USD 1 million per annum  For India, supplement existing resources mobilized by the Basix Social Enterprise Group, with additional USD 1 million pa, from funding agencies and the Indian diaspora Knowledge Resources  Know-how and expert volunteers/consultants in identified practice areas, from the Cornell University, NCIF, CARE, Arc Finance, and other institutions in the US

8. Funding Strategy 2016-2018  Available 1.3 million USD from SDC for 2016  Supplement this from financial Sector deepening Trust, Tanzania funded by BMGF. Application to be submitted in May 2016  Supplement this from MasterCard Foundation – most probable  High Level Note for 5 million USD 3 year program submitted up for review in February  Will respond to upcoming innovation RFP for Tanzania and Mozambique for MCF Rural Prosperity fund in March 2016  In Mozambique work with our national partner Gapi to submit local proposals. Strategy to be sharpened with the CEO in February  In India, we are working with IGS and other prospective partners to design a project that will have funding appetite. Very preliminary at this time.

9. Other Considerations  We thank the members of the strategy committee for helping us sharpen and articulate the strategy  We invite all board members to provide feedback and inputs to further sharpen the strategy  We request board members to mentor us to sharpen our business development activities  We request board members to direct/introduce us to possible funder connections in our areas of focus