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Philosophy
Vision
A world where children can be happy and free to enjoy their childhood.
Mission Statement
ChildFund Ireland's mission is to work with children, their families and communities in order to develop an enabling environment where children's basic need are met and their rights and promoted and respected.
Principles:
ChildFund Ireland is committed
- To valuing all children equally, regardless of gender, race or religious belief
- To respecting the cultural diversity of the environments in which we work
- To ongoing learning in order to increase effectiveness
- To achieving the highest standard of quality and integrity in everything we do
Work Focus
ChildFund Ireland Works
- with children, their families and their communities in developing countries
- in partnership with organisations who reflect our vision, mission and principles
- as an active member of ChildFund Alliance in the development of best practices to assure quality programmes for children
- to bring an awareness of the reality of children in developing countries to both the Irish public and the Irish development environment
Images and Messages
In 2007, ChildFund Ireland along with the other members of Dochas, the Irish association of non-governmental development organisations, adopted a Code of Conduct on Images and Messages. The purpose of this code is to provide a framework to which organisations can refer when designing and implementing their public communication strategy.
In keeping with the code, in our communications ChildFund Ireland aims to :
- choose images and messages that are based on values of respect, equality, solidarity and justice;
- choose images and messages that truthfully represent any image or depicted situation both in its immediate and in its wider context so as to improve public understanding of the realities and complexities of development;
- avoid images and messages that potentially stereotype, sensationalise or discriminate against people, situations or places;
- use images, messages and case studies with the full understanding, participation and permission of the subjects (or their parents/guardians);
- ensure that those whose situation is being represented have the opportunity to communicate their stories themselves;
- establish and record whether the subjects wish to be named or identifiable, and always act accordingly;
- conform to the highest standards in relation to human rights and protection of vulnerable people.
