Mission
The Tree of Life, since its establishment, is committed to promote effective actions aimed at ensuring well-being, protecting and promoting human rights, encouraging the development of children in difficulty, their families and their communities. Children’s rights violations are widespread around the world and particular rights are constantly broken with devastating consequences. These types of violations need specific and immediate attention. To work for the behalf of children, their family and the community they belong to is at the heart of our mission. To support child development and child participation today, shapes a better society tomorrow.
History
L’Albero della Vita was founded in Italy in April 1997 as a Voluntary Association, followed a few months later, in January 1998, by the Social Cooperative up to the Foundation in 2004. Its eligibility as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) was issued by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 2009: since then, the project activities have been developed in all continents according to the principles and approaches of international cooperation.
Organization
The Tree of Life is a Kenyan Charitable Trust established in Kenya to promote effective actions aimed at ensuring well-being, protecting and promoting human rights, encouraging the development of children in difficulty, their families and their communities. The Tree of Life work for children, their family and the community they belong to support child development and child participation today, and shape a better society tomorrow.
The Tree of Life envisions a world without poverty where children can enjoy their rights; grow up in a safe environment, protected from all kinds of violence and abuse, with access to equal opportunities.
The Tree of Life Kenya, registered in Kenya as Charitable Trust within the Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development, registration number 982. Office: Rhapta Road 87, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi. P.O. Box 1986 – 00606.
Pedagogy for the Third Millennium
The “Pedagogy for the Third Millennium” Method (PTM), conceived by Patrizio Paoletti and by a team of professionals specializing in different disciplines, aims at elaborating and selecting ideas and tools in order to encourage the development of human potential.
Values
Accountability, Impartiality, Independence, Non Discrimination, Neutrality, Solidarity
Networks
L’Albero della vita, through the participation in conferences, initiatives, campaigns, working thematic groups and becoming a member of several italian, european and world networks, has strengthened its presence in terms of networking.