• We act in the best interests of the child, based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant human rights instruments;
• We promote and enhance child, youth, family and community participation and empowerment;
• We foster local partners’ ownership of projects and actions, reinforce local systems to support and enable various national and local stakeholders to provide expertise and best practices;
• We trust and build on the capacities of stakeholders and communities as primary responders and agents of change;
• We implement humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities;
• We integrate constant learning, improvement, collaboration and knowledge sharing;
• We strive for innovation and sustainability in all our actions and programmes;
• We are accountable and transparent to beneficiaries, partners, donors and to ourselves;
• We partner with other organisations to advocate for the respect of children’s rights.