We value people

We regard all people as equals. We give priority to basic needs of people. We act in ways that respect dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every person - the poor, the donors, our staff and their families, boards, and volunteers. We celebrate the richness of diversity in human personality, culture and contribution.

We encourage the professional, personal, and spiritual development of our staff.

We are committed to the poor

We seek to facilitate an engagement between the poor and the affluent that opens both to transformation. We respect the poor as active participants, not passive recipients, in this relationship. They are people from whom others may learn and receive, as well as give. The need for transformation is common to all. Together we share a quest for justice, peace, reconciliation, and healing in a broken world.

We are responsive

We are responsive in a different sense where deep seated and often complex economic and social deprivation calls for sustainable, long-term development.