Ethics Code

Ethical Code
The objective of this code is to provide a series of written guidelines of ethics for all clowns and artists who colaborate with Clowns Without Borders.

1. The clown or colaborating artist will hold as fundamental objectives to better the situation of children who live in crisis situations of whatever type (conflict, natural disaster, social inequalities, etc.) in whatever part of the world.

2. The main benificiaries of CWB projects are children living in situations of crisis and the clown or colaborating artist will make no distinction between them for reasons of race, age, religion, culture, social situation or any other categorization when offering his/her work.

3. For Clowns and colaborating artists participating in CWB projects, volunteerism is the general rule.

4. In respect to the clown/artist’s public image, he/she will not use the participation in humanitarian activities as a means to promote their professional career, separting clearly at all times such activities and not using his humanitarian work for publicity purposes or to promote his/her professional career.

5. the clown or colaborating artist will not use their humanitarian activities to impart personal ‘points of view’ to the destination populations of the projects and will limit themselves to sharing their artistic activities. The artist will not attempt to “educate” the population, refraining from any “evangelical” activities.

6. The Clown or colaborating artist, when choosing the contents of his/her performances and workshops, will consider the sensibilities of the destination population, taking into account their culture as well as the delicate situation in which they are living.

7. The clown or colaborating artist when working with CWB projects sees and shares difficult situations. Their work does not end when they return home. They should testify in the measure possible all situations of injustice that they have witnessed.
8. When on expedition, during our performances and in our contact with the public, we remain clowns and artists, and this is the sole method with which we express and experience the validity of our actions.
9. We remain vigilant and attentive that the name, logo and identity of Clowns Without Borders will not be will not be used as a vehicle for renumeration.
10. In the matter of seeking financial support, we remain attentive to the ethical values and the respect of human rights of our sponsors and partners.