1. Trust – We believe in the potential and contribution of each of us
2. Accountable – We believe that we should be accountable for what we do, responsive and transparent to those we serve especially the children and those who support us. Above we all believe that our impact is our brand.
3. Equity – We believe in equity and giving everyone an equal opportunity to benefit or be part of our journey.
4. Always Learning – At Institute for Children in Crisis and Adversity in Africa (ICCA), learning is central to our work. We continually review, refine and adapt our methods and our thinking to make sure that our work is sustainable, innovative, relevant and effective. We believe we can always do better, so we always challenge the status quo and seek new knowledge and change paradigms.
5. Collaborative – Child adversity and crisis will only be solved by collaborative action. Our engagement with other organisations, communities, staff and supporters underpins our success. We value their diversity.
6. Ambitious – Our dream is to reach and protect every child and in this quest we optimise the resources at our disposal and leverage maximum impact. We set ambitious goals, raise challenging questions and speak with courage and conviction. We are assertive yet humble and respectful.

OUR GOALS

1. Prevent Child Mortality and Promote Children’s Health
2. To support and enable families to care for their children; prevent unnecessary family-child separation; and promote appropriate, protective, and permanent family care.
3. To prevent, respond to, and protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect.
4. To work with government at all levels and other actors to build and strengthen holistic and integrated models to promote the best interests of the child.
5. To build and maintain a strong evidence base for future programming and a robust ICCA as a sector leader in responding to issues of child adversity and crises

THE PROMISE TO CHILDREN – NO MORE LOW INCOMES, DEPRIVATION AND VULNERABILITY

1. Eradication of all forms of child adversity inflicted by multidimensional child poverty.
2. No more child abuse, exploitation and neglect.
3. Better parenting and other informal early childhood development practices at household and community levels
4. No more Neonatal mortality; infant mortality; under-five mortality
5. No more malaria deaths among children below age five
6. Reduction in the number of children 0-14 years living with HIV.
7. Enrolment of children in pre-primary education particularly in rural communities
8. Eradication of all forms of violence against children – physical, sexual, and emotional within family, school, and community settings, and within childcare and justice institutions
9. Food Secure families
10. Access to clean water and proper sanitation at home and school
11. All child births are registered
12. All children have better shelter
13. All households have a source of income
14. All children have a say in their wellbeing.