ResponsibleME
About Us
The ResponsibleME Family.
Since 2008, ResponsibleME has succeeded in empowering communities across South Africa. Using reinforced messaging, this program targets educators and learners to affect long-term behaviour changes. Participants are encouraged to talk about social stigmas and contextual challenges and to make responsible choices.
In conjunction with building psychosocial skills, ResponsibleME addresses a number of social, environmental and economic issues. This includes but is not limited to poverty, HIV, gender-based violence and unemployment, and promotes healthy and considered life choices around self-development, safe sexual behaviour, financial and digital inclusion, gender equality, the environment and effective communication. These issues are addressed by using similar participatory frameworks to encourage dialogue, debate, discussion and growth.
FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES
THE MORAL REGENERATION MOVEMENT
Initiated by former President Nelson Mandela in 2002, the movement aims to address moral decay and promote ethical values across the nation. The principles on which the movement is based are the ones that laid the foundation to create the ResponsibleME program.
The principles of Moral Regeneration are:
- Ubuntu: emphasizing the interconnectedness of all people and promoting a sense of community and mutual respect
- Ethical Leadership
- Human Dignity
- Social Justice
- Respect for Diversity
VALUES
We have distilled the principles of Moral Regeneration into specific values that manifest in a practical manner. Values are not just ideas but rather signposts along the path of living a good and principled life. Values only have meaning if they are expressed. The values have been integrated into the lessons.
PROSPERITY
This is the inclusive term for the program lessons that were created as a composite, resulting in the ResponsibleME program being greater than the individual parts. In South Africa, unfortunately, there sometimes appears to be a sense of hopelessness. Youth unemployment is substantial and the high cost of living are some of the factors that contribute to creating an environment of little motivation. Our youth need to value themselves, find their place within South Africa, build healthy relationships and understand leadership, to use the principles of business effectively. ResponsibleME with its various courses and lessons combine these important principles into a program that leads to living a life of Prosperity.
Our Mission
Develop partnerships with communities and sponsors to build broad, coherent and effective programs that align with both the needs of the communities and the vision of the sponsor. Focus the program on practical skills and competencies that may be applied for immediate impact and further encourage deep engagement with their worlds to enable youth to reach their potential; making responsible choices through knowledge, support and reinforcement.
Our Vision
Ensure the youth and the families of South Africa have the practical skills and theoretical wisdom to make thoughtful and responsible choices. Equip each learner with the inner resources to participate fully in the success of their communities and ultimately be part of creating a South Africa that provides abundantly for all its citizens.
Our Values
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