The Mowgli Foundationwww.mowgli.org.uk

Mowgli are a not-for-profit global mentoring organisation

• One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is poverty, and this affects not just financial standing, but also aspiration.

• While the developed world deals with the consequences of the serious economic slowdown, the impact upon developing countries and their communities is that they can no longer rely on aid for assistance.

• The Mowgli Foundation recognises the value and power of mentoring. Widely acknowledged to be a key driver in achieving sustainable business success, our aim at Mowgli is to use mentoring to unlock potential in the developing world.

• We envision an end to poverty by creating an ‘enabling environment’ that facilitates enterprise and entrepreneurship.

The Mowgli Foundation

Who are Mowgli?• The Mowgli Foundation is a new not for profit organisation set up to make a difference to aspiring entrepreneurs,

predominantly in the developing world, through the power of mentoring.

Our Vision• One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is poverty, and this affects not just financial standing, but

also aspiration. While the developed world deals with the consequences of the serious economic slowdown, the impact upon developing countries and their communities is that they can no longer rely on aid for assistance.

• We envision an end to poverty by creating an ‘enabling environment’ that facilitates enterprise and entrepreneurship. Our aim is to use mentoring, widely acknowledged to be a key driver in achieving sustainable business success, to unlock potential in the developing world.

How we will achieve this

• We match mentors and mentees from across the globe, creating a two-way relationship that provides inspiration, guidance and, critically, companionship for aspiring entrepreneurs.

• To date we have run four programmes, three in Jordan and one in Lebanon, and have a further three currently in plan. We have plans to expand to other regions in the Middle East as well as the UK.

• Through various initiatives and partnerships, we now have a large pipeline ofentrepreneurs needing our support.

The Mowgli concept works towards solving the problem

of poverty

Poverty and lack of jobs the world over but especially in the developing world; & the need to create greater leadership

The Challenge

Match mentors & mentees; Use the power of mentoring to unlock potential of the mentee & create sustainable business success; develop the leadership capability of the mentor

The Solution

Stimulate enterprise & entrepreneurship; Create jobs;Alleviate poverty; greater standard of leadership in business

The Result

The Mowgli Mentoring Process

*Note, Mentor & Mentee hold quarterly performance review meetings where they provide each other with feedback on how they are both operating in the relationship

Benefits to our Mentors

Reignite entrepreneurial

juices

Reignite entrepreneurial

juices

Benefits of the Mowgli

experience for Mentors

Benefits of the Mowgli

experience for MentorsBecome a

world class mentor

Become a world class

mentor

Access to leading edge

business tools

Access to leading edge

business toolsFine tune your

strategic capability

Fine tune your strategic capability Unique, life

changing, experience

Unique, life changing,

experience

Greater leadership capability

Greater leadership capability

Develop active listening

technique

Develop active listening

technique A greater sense of empathy

A greater sense of empathy

Enhanced personal

relationships

Enhanced personal

relationships

Become a world class mentor

Become a world class mentor

Nurturing & deepening

competencies

Nurturing & deepening

competencies

Benefits to our Mentees

Access to new markets

Access to new markets

Benefits of the Mowgli

experience for Mentees

Benefits of the Mowgli

experience for Mentees

Deepening of in-built skills &

behaviours

Deepening of in-built skills &

behaviours

Targeted personal

development plan

Targeted personal

development plan

Increased self confidence

Increased self confidence

Practical & emotional

support

Practical & emotional

support

Stimulate your creative thinking

Stimulate your creative thinking

Heightened self awareness &

understanding

Heightened self awareness &

understanding

Benefits to Company

* Source: Mentoring solutions white paper, Survey of Mentoring Statistics & Research, Marilynne Miles Gray

Benefits of the Mowgli

experience for Corporate Partners

Benefits of the Mowgli

experience for Corporate Partners

Superior leadership

capability & coaching

Superior leadership

capability & coaching

Positive effect on

talent retention

Positive effect on

talent retention

Talent management

program

Talent management

program

Improved awareness of diversity

Improved awareness of diversityGreater

strategic capability

Greater strategic capability

Increased motivation & loyalty

Increased motivation & loyalty

Enhanced profile of

company for prospective employees

Enhanced profile of

company for prospective employees

Supports CSR

strategy

Supports CSR

strategy

Excellent feedback from Mentors who have undertaken the

programme“Has anyone ever asked you to mentor them? It is a humbling experience: it makes you re-evaluate your own assumptions

and prejudices. Imagine being asked to mentor someone in a foreign country with different customers and pressures? Just before you dismiss this out of hand the experience will be life

changing. I have just returned from Jordan where I had the most amazing time. My mentee is a Palestinian named Amjad, who is setting up a business to sell language courses on mobile

phones. He believes the Mowgli programme to be incredibly important in helping him achieve his objectives.

“I want to thank you all for what was an amazing week.  The combination of being in such a different location, the interaction between us all and the mentees who joined us added

up to a fantastic experience – and I feel too it will take some time to really assess the full impact upon

me.”

“Last week was incredible. That’s all I

seem to say to people...it was

incredible.”

Mowgli have had some great press

‘mentoring is a great leadership development tool for directors and employees, which also has

the potential to boost morale and job satisfaction – and change lives’. July 2009

‘mentoring is a key part of leadership development…mentors come back to the UK

having learned something about how to conduct business in a different way. There are lessons to be learned from both sides. They return to their

business with that new perspective to help address some of the problems we’re facing in this

country’. July / August 2009

‘employers moved to action by the plight of the world’s poor, as highlighted in the film

Slumdog Millionaire, and who want to develop employees’ leadership skills can do both through a new mentoring foundation…

Mowgli’ March / April 2009

Ways to work with Mowgli

Corporate Partner

Sponsorship costs £5,000 for one

mentor to undertake a year long programme

Donate to Mowgli

If you would prefer to make a donation,

your money can either go to the

Mowgli Foundation or to sponsor a

mentor

Become a Mentor

Become a mentor on a Mowgli programme

Mowgli can work with you to tailor a

mentoring programme for your

executive leadership team

Leadership Development

Contact: Simon Edwards CEOMobile (UK): +44 (7786)386253Mobile (Int): +971 (50) 6121323

Email: simon.edwards@mowgli.org.ukWeb site: www.mowgli.org.uk