Orphans/Students singing at the start of a school day at a Symbios Micro Community
Horizon Initiative - Micro Community Model
A Micro Community is organically established within an underdeveloped country where we have found strategic partnerships with people/organizations that are embedded in the country. It is a compound that generally consists of an orphanage (dorms, dining hall, recreation facilities), education (academic and trades school), farm, medical clinic and, in some cases, social/micro businesses, when fully developed.
A micro community rescues orphaned children first, and empowers children second.
The orphanage/home is the anchor of the micro community. The micro community relies on leveraging trusted and tested relationships in the Country we locate, acquire land, and construct appropriate infrastructure consisting of buildings, utilities and other basic resources. Upon establishing the orphanage and providing the basic care and needs for the children such as food and shelter, academic education is then either provided on site or outsourced to the local community through accredited schools, while poly technical education is established on site to teach trades for those that do not qualify for university. Additionally, farms are developed to produce food for the orphanage and, in some cases, social/micro businesses such as dairy and chicken units are then established to provide food and generate income by selling excess to local community. Lastly, we establish a medical clinic (dispensary) and other compound unique projects to provide resource as deemed pertinent. While orphan residential care is the only model today, we intend to move into home based care and board school care in the future.
Funding is provided at the onset for each micro community through capital campaign with our corporate partners, VC board members, and/or underwritten through our wealth generation initiatives. We always have an objective to have a micro community become self sustainable.
The micro community is also focused on providing opportunities to the community at large, such as being able to participate in resources like academic and trade schools, medical clinics, micro loans, and infrastructure projects (wells, electricity) etc. to aid the community in becoming economically self sustainable. In certain cases, we will also establish social/micro businesses in the community outside of our micro community compound.
At the end of the day, it is our goal during the life cycle of a child living in our micro community environment that he/she, by the time they reach the age of accountability, can become:
• Self Sufficient
• Capable of sustaining their immediate future and extended family needs
• Able to provide positive contributions to community sustainability
