Care, education and support should be governed by the following principles and values:

Respect: For human rights, ethics, confidentiality, informed consent, privacy, and individual dignity should be maintained equally to all children. Fighting discrimination, enhancing respect of individual autonomy and human dignity and pursuing informed consent are all relevant to orphans.

Equality: Affordable care of acceptable quality should be provided to all children regardless of gender (boy/girl), age, race and ethnicity