IDEI's Vision, Mission and Values
IDEI Vision:
To provide long term solutions to poverty, malnutrition and deprivation.
IDEI Mission:
To improve equitably the social, economic and environmental conditions of families in need, with special emphasis on the rural poor, by identifying, developing and marketing affordable, appropriate and environmentally sustainable solutions through market forces.
IDEI Values:
IDEI’s identity as an organisation and motivation for action derives from a common set of core values:
- Right of poor women and men to a secure livelihood.
- Rural poor as potential customers, producers, and entrepreneurs not charity recipients.
- Markets can be a powerful force for poverty reduction.
- Listen to and learn from the people we aim to serve.
- Value innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Value demand-driven, decentralised, private sector led delivery.
- Aim for tangible income impacts for large numbers of people.