From its beginning in 1979 as a child-feeding program in Haiti, Feed The Children International's network of humanitarian organizations is now serving disadvantaged children in more than 20 countries. more
In 1998 alone, 2.2M Africans died from HIV/AIDS. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 1.7M people are HIV-infected, 37,600 of them children. - Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, June 2000 UNAIDS, Geneva
Feed The Children International's programming approach is based on integrated and sustainable child-focused community development.
Our core program areas include:
Child Care and Development.
Nutrition
Health care
HIV/AIDS awareness, control and support
Basic education
Child's rights protection and advocacy
Food and Livelihood Security.
Environmentally sustainable agriculture, agro-forestry and fisheries
Micro-finance/community banking initiatives
Technical/vocational skills training
Emergency Relief And Rehabilitation.
Response to both natural and manmade emergencies
Food Distribution
Therapeutic and Supplementary feeding
Distribution of essential non-food items
Water and Sanitations
Rescue operations
FTCI's Core Programming Principles.
These 6 values are at the core of FTCI's work.
Child Focussed - All FTCI programs and projects will directly improve the lives of each child we serve.
Integrated and Holistic - FTCI will adopt an integrated and holistic approach, based on an understanding of the root causes of problems.
Gender and Culture Sensitive - FTCI is deeply sensitive to gender and cultural issues specific to the targeted community.
Participative/Empowering - All program/project interventions will ensure active involvement and participation of beneficiaries and other stakeholders in the community.
Sustainable - FTCI will strive for sustainability and encourage the children, adults and communities it is serving to do the same, especially beyond FTCI's interventions.
Effectiveness - All FTCI programs and projects will meet the SMART criteria (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound)
FTCI will consistently strive to run its programs and projects to achieve objectives and realize optimum result for its beneficiaries.
