Caring for Kaela's Vision and Mission

Our Vision:

• To empower the lives of children in Chad.

Our Mission:

• To provide homes for children victimized by war, crime or abuse;

• To raise those children to reach their God-given potential;

• To strengthen the communities where we operate; and

• To build the foundation for peaceful and productive communities through the promotion of good governance and self-sustained, people-centered approaches to development.

CFK-Chad 2009 Country Action Plan:

Individual-level Initiatives:

• Education: Education that leads to employment programs for youths... Read more
• Psychosocial-social Rehabilitation Program (PRP): Transitioning destitute children from the street to a family. Training hosts families to create nurturing environments where children are able to grow protected from harm and abuse. Enhancing the earning potential of the head of the household. Providing health education, literacy classes and technical training to give youth the skills necessary to become self-sufficient. Strengthening the family and transforming communities... Read more

Community-level Initiatives:

• Community Capacity-building: Increasing the capacity of local organizations to reach out and lift up their own people out of poverty. Helping people help themselves.
• Civic Education: Education programs on peace-building, constitutional rights and civic responsibilities. Engaging young people in the re-creation of a nation. 

National-level Initiatives:

• Peace-building: Promoting cooperation and collaboration amongst all stakeholders in the current conflict (government, political parties, rebels, religious institutions and local civil society) to unite initiatives for an all-inclusive dialogue on peace and democracy in Chad. Restoring peace in fragile states.

International-level Initiatives:

• Policy and Advocacy: Mobilizing the international community to unify their voice and advocate for Peace in Chad.

Transformational Development:

CFK's philosophy about development is that poverty reduction is not just a matter of additional resources. We base our concept of poverty on the assumption that the poor are poor largely because they live in networks of relationships that do not work for their well-being (i.e. suffer under relationships that are often oppressive and disempowering). In seeking to empower people our goal is to help individuals become less passive in the face of their own oppression and become the primary actors in their own development; participation thus becomes empowerment. It's a bottom-up approach where the poor must take part in meeting their own needs and actively work to restructure the system that has shut them out. We serve as an ally and advocate for those in this struggle.

Spiritual and physical needs cannot be dissociated and a holistic approach to development is necessary to make lasting long-term transformational changes inside a community. CFK empowers people to challenge the status quo. By investing in individuals and restoring relationships that empower, CFK teaches individuals to become the solution to their own problems and raise themselves out of poverty. By equipping local organizations to affect change more effectively, our goal is to create communities that address the physical and spiritual needs of all... Read more

Who We Are: