Our Values

These are our core values for our community & team. They are our glue and shape our day to day decision making at TERN.


We are Compassionate 💙

We value and respect the life experiences, energy and cultures of everyone in our community. We make time to listen first and understand those around us.

We are Ambitious & Enterprising 🚀

With curiosity and creativity, we shape the ‘crazy’ into reality. We seek to grow our impact exponentially.

We are Participative 🌌

At TERN, refugees are leaders who decide TERN’s future. We ensure that the ideas of our community, volunteers, partners and team members are heard and nurtured.

We always Improve 💡🔧

We embrace a process of continual individual and collective improvement to pilot, test and adapt to find the best path to achieve our vision.

Our values apply to everything we do:

We seek partnerships with organisations and individuals who understand & share our values.