Vision & Mission
 Posted by admin on May 22, 2012 in About us | Comments Off |
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Eradicating poverty is not a distant dream, but one we can realistically achieve. Islamic Aid believes that poverty continues to exist as a result of choices made over time about how societies should be organised and that by working together, we can choose differently – individually and collectively – if we wish.
Our vision
A world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to a life with dignity.
Our mission
To work with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty and injustice.
Our goals
poor and excluded people and communities will exercise power to secure their rights
women and girls will gain power to secure their rights
citizens and civil society across the world will fight for rights and justice
states and their institutions will be accountable and democratic and will promote, protect and fulfil human rights for all.
Our values
Islamic Aid lives by the following values:
mutual respect, requiring us to recognise the innate worth of all people and the value of diversity equity and justice, requiring us to work to ensure equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, colour, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion honest and transparency, being accountable at all levels for the effectiveness of our actions and open in our judgements and communications with others solidarity with the poor, powerless and excluded will be the only bias in our commitment to the fight against poverty courage of conviction, requiring us to be creative and radical, bold and innovative – without fear of failure – in pursuit of making the greatest possible impact on the causes of poverty independence from any religious or party-political affiliation humility in our presentation and behaviour, recognising that we are part of a wider alliance against poverty.