Care for Children's Values

The care and welfare of children is Care for Children's primary priority and responsibility. We are not about making institutions better; but rather about supporting families and unleashing their power and compassion. We seek to be a servant to our national and local government partners, and to honour their culture and capabilities.

Care for Children pursues aggressive goals, with vision-driven budgets, not budget-driven vision. We will be a 'high-leverage' organisation, seeking programs where small up-front investments lead to major impact. We will apply demanding standards for professionalism and quality in all of our work, seeking to make efforts in our projects a standard for the world.

Care for Children seeks to create permanent solutions, 'acorn-to-oak' initiatives that we plant, grow, and then gives away. We recognize that we are running a 'marathon', not a 'sprint', and are working for long-term gains. We will seek to experiment, innovate, and advance the 'state-of-the-art' in foster care. We recognise that foster care occurs in the context of communities, and will work through service to children to have a broader, positive impact on community health.

Children come first

The care and welfare of children is Care for Children's primary priority and responsibility.

Family-based solutions

Care for Children is not about making institutions better; it's about supporting families and unleashing their power and compassion.

Committed to the success of our partners

Care for Children seeks to be a servant to national and local leadership of each country we support, and to honour their culture and capabilities.

Vision-based growth

Care for Children seeks to pursue aggressive goals, with vision-driven budgets, not a budget-driven vision.

Careful stewardship

Care for Children will be a 'high-leverage' ministry, seeking programs where small up-front investments lead to major impact.

Highest professional standards

Care for Children will apply demanding standards for professionalism and quality in all of its work, seeking to make efforts in our projects a standard for the world.

Sustainable efforts

Care for Children seeks to create permanent solutions, 'acorn-to-oak' initiatives that we plant, grow, and then give away. Care for Children is running a 'marathon', not a 'sprint', and is working for long-term gains.

Innovation and learning

Care for Children will seek to experiment, innovate, and advance the 'state-of-the-art' in foster care.

Development-based

Care for Children recognises that foster care occurs in the context of communities, and will work through service to children to have a broader, positive impact on community health.

Service

The staff of Care for Children work with a Christ-like approach to service.