Mission

BUTTERFLIES USA MISSION STATEMENT

Butterflies USA Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt charity, the US resource base for Butterflies NGO in New Delhi, India which has served  vulnerable street youth since 1989. Our partner Butterflies empowers 1200 working children via education; emergency rescue, therapeutic care, & restoration to families; and democracy, leadership & financial training. Butterflies delivers its services directly through four children’s cooperatives and a culinary and catering school; it also conducts research and engages in child rights advocacy. Butterflies USA seeks to raise awareness of Butterflies’ rights-based philosophy and approach in order to raise funds via appeals, events, crowdsourcing campaigns, and foundation proposals which it transfers directly to India for Butterflies’ general operations and specific projects. We also, raise awareness of Butterflies’ work among potential corporate, foundation, and public funders and cultivates partnerships with non-profits and educational institutions to recruit interns and fellows for specific projects.

BUTTERFLIES NGO MISSION STATEMENT

Butterflies is committed to work with the most vulnerable groups of children making sure that such children have the opportunities to reach their full potential for growth and development, enjoying all their human rights. To this end, Butterflies works:

  • To give children a voice and skills to raise issues which have a bearing on their lives and to facilitate the changes that will enable them to become valued and productive citizens.
  • To encourage children to have confidence and motivation and means to make the world a better place for themselves and for their children.
  • To influence government policies which affect children and to ensure that child rights are an integral part of the government’s political agenda.
  • To work in partnership with international agencies to raise awareness of problems which affect marginalized children everywhere.
  • To use the Constitution of India and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to advocate for children’s rights.

Butterflies’ goal is to continuously seek approaches and strategies for working with children in their efforts and struggles in protecting their rights.

Rita Panicker
Founding Director
Butterflies