Category: Core Values

We stand for fair treatment of our staff and others; we check our work methods to ensure we do not bring harm to our beneficiaries and communities; we integrate conflict sensitive approaches while continually seeking to use indigenous and local knowledge. We are keen to ensure our staff and stakeholders espouse and follow international human…

We are keen to ensure transparency and accountability in everything that we do; we assure highest level of compliance to our stakeholder requirements; we are open and honest in our dealings with communities and take our beneficiaries as key partners in our work. We espouse modesty, trust, and uprightness in everything we do.

We always ensure that our work is relevant to the context in which we work; our work meets the needs of our constituency in ways that bring lasting change; we endeavor to ensure that our social actions are benchmarked against national, regional, and international standards; we regularly monitor what we do to ensure appropriateness.

We endeavor to ensure equitable and fair treatment of women, men, boys, and girls regardless of their age, education level, gender, race, clan, religious affiliation, marginalization status; we believe all people should enjoy their inalienable human rights.

We proactively and deliberately use research to inform our community engagements; we will continuously seek innovative and noble solutions to old and new problems; we will be at the cutting edge of finding new ways and methods of bringing change.

The core values of CeRID are driven from its acronym and include creativity, equity, relevance, integrity, and dignity.