All members of the Foundation are best guided by this instrument

1. Responsibility and Public Mindedness

In our extant laws, strong commitment is made to promote human dignity, sustainable progress, peace and justice for common good of concerned kids. TTPHF integrates self-development and service, prioritizes needs and public concern and focuses on higher/broader public level of acceptability of challenges faced by children caused by vulnerability in their respective and immediate environment.

            Standard:

• TTPHF conducts basic risk-assessment and measures vulnerability before actions.
• TTPHF holds strongly the view that public money must not be (mis)used for selfish purposes and public assets are to be treated with utmost seriousness, as a public trust.
• TTPHF recognizes that its conduct and activities impact on the public, and that the public form larger perception on TTPHF as a humanitarian organization.
• TTPHF pays special attention towards the environment in all its activities.

1. Cooperation beyond Boundaries

• We at TTPHF have this provable belief, that significant progress toward world peace and global well-being can be fostered through inter-religious, intercultural and interracial work, and across artificial barriers of politics and ethnicity that tend to separate people and institutions. TTPHF maintains cogent ethical and cooperative relationships with other NGOs. It quickly partners with others to cushion humanitarian burdens, save lives and as urgent as it could be for greater public good.

Standard:

• TTPHF is not constrained by conceptual blocks of politics, religion, culture, race and ethnicity. It looks within the limits of organizing documents and with organizations and individuals that share common values and objectives.
• TTPHF is purely apolitical

1. c. Human Rights and Dignity

Based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Treaty of 1945, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, are endowed with reason and conscience, and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

Standard:

• TTPHF as a matter of official policy/obligation frowns at violation of any kind in person’s fundamental rights and as entrenched in several Articles of Universal Rights.
• TTPHF recognizes all people are born free and equal in dignity.
• TTPHF is sensitive to moral values, religion, customs, traditions and cultures of the communities it serves.
• TTPHF respects the integrity of families and supports family-based life. This is typical of its Annual Family Gathering (AFG).

1. Religious Freedom

“Everyone has the right of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, this includes freedom to change one’s religion or belief and freedom either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest that religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18)

Standard:

• TTPHF respects religious freedom
• TTPHF supports divergent views and holds no bar on people’s beliefs

1. Transparency and Accountability

TTPHF thrives on openness and honesty internally and towards donors and members of the public. Periodic accounting and audits with proofs and reports are timely made

Standard:

• TTPHF maintains transparency in all its dealings, especially with national/foreign governments, the public, donors, partners, beneficiaries and other interested parties, except in certain conditions, where imperative, information may be based on the need-to-know.
• TTPHF basic financial information, governance structure, activities and listing of officers and partners must be open and accessible to public scrutiny.
• TTPHF is obligated to make public its work, sources and the use of its resources
• TTPHF is accountable to its actions and decisions, not predominantly to its funding agencies or donors and governments, but to the public, staff and members, partner organizations etc.

1. Truthfulness and Legality

We at TTPHF is strongly guided by trust anchored on truth irrespective of cost. We respect laws and jurisdictions where services are offered.

Standard:

• TTPHF is bound by truth and gives accurate information, regarding the foundation, its projects, any individual, organization in agreement or not with the foundation.
• TTPHF holds that laws are watchful instrument of stability within a state and as such must be human and must be obeyed.
• TTPHF abhors and strongly oppose to and not a willing partner to corruption, bribery, and other financial improprieties or illegalities.
• TTPHF has in its extant laws or Bylaw some provisions which permit reporting with evidence to the governing body of misconduct of anyone associated with it.
• TTPHF complies with laws of incorporation, fundraising legislation, equal employment opportunity principles, health and safety standards, privacy rules, trademark and copyright legislation, and so on.
• TTPHF takes prompt and corrective actions whenever there is a breach or infraction by its staff, governing body, trustees, volunteers, contractors, and partners.