AMADE - Association Mondiale des Amis de l'Enfance
Description
AMADE, AN IMPACT PHILANTHROPY LEADER FOR CHILDHOOD PROTECTION
VISION
Founded in 1963 at the initiative of Princess Grace, AMADE is built on a vision of a world where children, regardless of their social, religious, or cultural origins, can live safely and with dignity and respect for their fundamental rights.
It is a vision of a world where every child has the opportunity to fully express their potentials.
At AMADE, we are convinced that caring for every child is building the world of tomorrow, because we need every single child to build our future.
#BecauseEveryChildMatters
MISSIONS
AMADE's commitment to children is to guarantee every child's fundamental rights.
AMADE contributes to the implementation of this commitment by setting out to:
- Protect the most vulnerable children
- Free every child's full potentiel
- Promote sustainable change
VALUES
AMADE favours the setting up of partnerships, skill set development, and the empowerment of beneficiaries.
Although children are at the heart of its concerns, AMADE also equally addresses their community.
Particular emphasis is placed on respect for equal opportunities, specifically by combating gender-based discrimination.
APPROACH
AMADE partners with local businesses and individuals, NGOs and social entrepreneurs with high potential.
We have chosen not to operate directly, as local businesses and individuals are better able to provide appropriate, local, effective and sustainable responses to the problems faced by children in their communities.
We therefore prioritise supporting and strengthening NGOs or social entrepreneurs with proven expertise and a strong development potential, embodied by strong and inspiring leadership and driven by a vision.
These partners are identified after a rigorous and detailed analysis of their governance, their strategy, their operational and financial processes, and their human capital.
AMADE is a catalyst and laboratory for impactful projects.
AMADE is at the forefront of the programmes Energy of Hope, Dignity for Women, Each Child Their Talent, Civil Status for All and Unaccompanied Migrant Children, targeting serious issues that children face. These programmes include specific projects carried out by our local partners.
Partners are identified according to their impact (relevance, efficiency, effectiveness), sustainability and innovative nature of the solutions proposed.
Each project is monitored and evaluated in the field by our project team. AMADE supervises setting up activities and achieving the set objectives, ensures the granted funding is being properly managed and evaluates the results obtained. We also commission impact studies.
In addition to co-financing the projects, AMADE accompanies NGOs and social entrepreneurs in their development, reinforcing their capacities to organise, operate and mobilise resources, helping to diversify partners and when possible, adopt sustainable economic models.
These supported NGOs and social entrepreneurs constitute the AMADE network, which meets once a year at AMADE's headquarters in Monaco to encourage the exchange of experiences, identify collaborations and encourage the spread of good practices. Our major donors and partner companies are associated with this network.