About us – Kids Empowerment

Mission, Vision and Values

Kids Empowerment’s mission is to aim at the compliance of states with international law related to children and youth (0-25 year old) and most particularly. The principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols.

Its objectives are the full realization of the development and potential of children and youth through:

Facilitating educational activities amongst children and youth to empower them and assist them in asserting their human rights;
Raising awareness in the general population on the rights of children;
Developing tools and policies to enable children and youth to thrive in their chosen environment;
Carrying out and publishing research and comparative studies; highlighting best practices relating to the treatment of children and youth;
Providing technical assistance to relevant stakeholders aimed at improving compliance with international law and best practice;
Advocating on issues involving the rights of the child at national and international level.

To carry out its activities, the organization relies on the expertise and knowledge of professionals in the area of child rights – educators, social workers, lawyers, public administration specialists and others.

Its vision is a world where child safeguarding is guaranteed everywhere without any discrimination.

Values that Kids Empowerment consider essential to the implementation of this vision are empowerment, non-discrimination, child safeguarding measures, diversity and the rule of law.

What we do

When Kids Empowerment was founded in June 2016, its founders Anna Kurdova, Christophe-Claude Charles-Alfred and Caroline Loussouarn Newman, legal experts in child rights, identified major gaps in the protection of migrant children. NGOs addressing rights of children on the move are faced with unprecedented and increasing numbers of migrant children. As a result, they provide emergency relief or social services and raise awareness about non-compliance of States with their international obligations, but rarely have the adequate resources or time to provide concrete structural solutions based on the actual needs of the youth or successful practices. In response to the policy limitations and lack of legal coherence within host countries compliant with the rights of migrant children, Kids Empowerment aims to realize the full development and potential of children and youth by full compliance with international law and best practices.

For the period 2016-2020, the organization considers that the situation of children on the move and youth migrants is a serious issue in Europe and elsewhere. The fundamental rights and principles of children, as established under international law, are often not respected. Lack of information, awareness and agency leads to further discrimination and neglect. The respect of basic principles established under international law is vital for the development of children into responsible, engaged and accomplished citizens. It is essential that all measures be taken to enable their full development and potential and to facilitate their integration in their new country. All programs for that period will address the rights of migrant children worldwide.