Nothing is funded on sentiment alone.
How we choose the work we support, and how we hold ourselves to it.
Five tests, every time.
Every project the Foundation supports is assessed against five tests:
Need
Is the need real, evidenced and currently unmet?
Benefit
Will this make a measurable difference to a child's life, and can we tell?
Safeguarding
Does the partner meet our standards for protecting children, without exception?
Sustainability
Can this be sustained, or will it collapse the moment our support ends?
Capacity
Does the local partner have the people and systems to deliver it well?
Local hands, local knowledge.
We deliver through established local organisations rather than parachuting in from a distance. Local partners know the children, understand the culture, and remain long after any single project ends. Every partner is independently checked before we begin, and reviewed while the work continues.
Careful with what we are trusted with.
The Foundation keeps its records in good order and reports honestly on what has been achieved and what has not. We would rather describe a difficulty plainly than present a success that is not yet real.