About Us

VISION STATEMENT

A world where children have a voice…
            Where children have a choice…
                   And are protected from abuse and neglect.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Consortium for Street Children is to improve the lives of street children worldwide in the areas of prevention and early intervention, HIV/AIDS, violence, street child-centred education, and child participation and empowerment by:

Creating a global network of organisations dedicated to the rights; development, and protection of street children and children at risk of taking to the streets;

Pooling resources, implementing joint projects, and sharing promising practices;

Making grants available to our smaller member organisations and their overseas partners;

Carrying out action research on various issues related to street children;

Piloting innovative projects with our members or other partners;

Influencing policymakers at international and national levels;

Strengthening the capacity of our members through training in child protection, participatory learning and action methodologies, organisation development, and a rights-based approach to working with street children; and,

Raising public awareness of the challenges faced by street children, as well as the opportunities for their development.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The work of CSC’s Secretariat is guided by the following principles:

Impact: CSC believes that its work must result in the greatest possible positive impact on the lives of street children and that this impact must be measurable.

Rights: CSC is a child-rights-based organisation whose work is firmly rooted in the universal standards enshrined in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Participation: CSC believes that it is possible to achieve better lives for street children and that the way to do this is through the children themselves.

Collaboration: CSC is committed to working with and through its global network of organisations and to building and coordinating value-added relationships and partnerships in order to improve the lives of street children and potential street children.

Creativity: CSC is committed to helping its members and their partners to nourish and encourage the creative potential of each street girl and boy and to draw on the creativity of local culture in the search for solutions to the complex problems confronting street children.

Gender Sensitivity: CSC understands that girls and boys around the world have different opportunities based on gender. Therefore, all work undertaken by CSC will take a gender sensitive approach.

Continuous Learning: CSC strives to continuously improve its programmes and services through regular consultations with its key stakeholders.