Our mission
Our mission is to enable and create positive, sustainable change in the lives of children living alone and at risk on the streets in East Africa’s Great Lake Zone (Mwanza, Tanzania and Kampala, Uganda). By meeting the immediate needs of children living or working on the streets recognising the power and potential of every single child.
Our vision
Our vision is embodied in three interwoven “Stage Change Process”:
- Protect children on the streets
- Shifting local perception
- Holding governments responsible
Our Values
Our values
Honest
- Walk the walk
- Lead by example – actions are stronger than words
- Treat others how you would expect to be treated
- Promote attitudes and make decisions that foster diversity
- Share information appropriately
- Don’t shy away from the truth
Our values
Share the platform
- Create space for and acknowledge the contributions of others, whether audiences, grantees, partners or colleagues
- Foster a sense of team spirit
- Celebrate team successes and,
- When things don’t go to plan, we embrace learning together
Our values
Ambitious, have a sense of humour, always
- Demand of yourselves and our colleagues,
- Set high standards/goals and committed to improving the quality of everything we do for children and young people
- Keep things in perspective
- Try to look for positives or solutions
- Take the work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously
- Remember it’s ok to have fun
Our values
Accountability, make it personal
- Take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving measurable results
- Be accountable to stakeholders, including supporters, partners and, most of all children and young people.
- Get to know your colleagues and partners
- Consider your colleagues and how you can make each person feel included
- Be open-minded and understanding with different approaches
Our values
Inspire (a culture of) nobility
- Give colleagues the benefit of the doubt – we’re all working towards the same thing
- Be generous with your time when you can
- Learn from your experiences and seek to share your knowledge and expertise to help others
- Be open-minded and understanding with different approaches
Our values
Innovative, make meaningful change, always
- Be bold and brave to bring about the changes you seek
- Take personal responsibility – know that you can make a positive difference to how things work
- Have the courage to have difficult conversations in pursuit of a bigger goal
- Be open to new ideas, embrace change, and
- Take disciplined risks to develop sustainable solutions for and with children and young people.
Our values
Integrity
- Be inspired to live to the highest standards of personal honesty and behaviour;
- Never compromise our reputation and
- Always act in the best interests of children and young people
What makes us unique?
We are an African based charity that has developed a supportive, collaborative environment, whereby everyone involved, including staff and volunteers, are empowered to share their expertise and inspired to develop their skills to improve street children’s lives.
Partnership
We are small but one team with staff and volunteers working collaboratively, learning and developing together and accountable to one another.
Recognition
We respect and admire the vital contribution of every staff and volunteers make in every area of our work. We could not accomplish what we do without them.
Empowerment
We empower our staff and volunteers to lead, to deliver on current projects, to develop new ideas and so we can successfully implement new ways of working.
Trust
We trust our staff and volunteers to use their skills, experience and expertise to their full potential, to inform and develop what we do and to organise and deliver activities that further our aims.
Transparency
We champion transparency, honesty and good communication in everything we do, ensuring volunteers see the difference we make together to street children’s lives.
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Donate today
If you believe that no child should have to live on the streets alone and that all children should grow up feeling loved with a sense of belonging, then please donate and support our work.