What is TIE?
Technologies for Indigenous Empowerment (TIE) is a for-profit (and as a for-profit company it will be run efficiently and sustainably) organization that seeks to alleviate hunger in extremely poor populations by using out-of-the-box thinking to boost employment and infrastructure in third-world regions. Our goal is to use a variety of techniques, ranging from microloans to agricultural development, to boost economic and social prosperity in these regions. We’re addressing the issue of hunger as a worldwide business endeavor. With a talented and passionate group of young professionals and seasoned business managers, the TIE team believes that we can make an impact and gradually eliminate the deaths that occur from hunger each day (20,000 children die daily from hunger and hunger related diseases).
"We have the means, we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of earth in our lifetime. We need only the will."
President John F. Kennedy, 1963 Address to First World Food CongressOur Plan
In almost every case of extreme hunger, the food to feed everyone is available, however the financial resources to buy the food is not. TIE has no give-away programs but has numerous earnings programs in which individuals that need help can earn money. TIE’s employees are those who need assistance. The assistance we give them increases their earnings capability in a framework that protects the children and provides required education for child care. Programs for these poor include providing mortgage money for farms/livestock, developing extreme organic produce, direct hire by TIE companies that may include pre-fab homes or factories, Business-in-a-box, micro-insurance, micro-loans, kibbutz-type businesses, etc. There are also substantial social benefits that may include increased worldwide safety, decreased terrorist threat, improved worldwide financial market stability, and decreased wars (many are related to food). Paradoxically, it has been shown that ending hunger will result in a decrease in the birth rate, improved environment (less deforestation), and improved governance in the targeted countries.
Not only is TIE not providing fish, TIE is not providing fishing poles either. TIE is providing the means to make their own fishing poles.
Benefactor Program
TIE demonstrates that $1 million/month from a corporation is expected to increase their sales by $1.5-3.0 million/month, and the company gets back their original investment plus interest. Benefactor corporations can expect increased sales from improved corporate image, increased market valuation, increased market size, decreased manufacturing costs, discoveries of new products/materials/techniques, decreased development costs and increased employee retention. Whereas individual benefactors would get their money back with interest.
Benefactor corporations can expect increased sales from improved corporate image, increased market valuation, increased market size, and potentially decreased manufacturing costs.
The Bottom Line
TIE has extensively reviewed the literature to make sure it does not replicate failed programs which have typically been based on a top-down approach. TIE is using a bottom-up approach where we listen to the end-user to determine what they need. TIE will be highly automated to monitor performance, share information, transfer and monitor funds, identify financial leakages, communicate with staff, etc. and will use this feedback loop to improve it’s performance on a continuous basis.