Fotokids mission is to act as a catalyst to stimulate leadership roles for young people in areas affected by poverty and gang violence in Central America. Transforming and empowering students through vocational media and IT arts training, along with traditional educational scholarships, provide the skills that open the door to new opportunities giving students a definite advantage when job seeking.

The purpose of Fotokids is to help small groups of Central American young people from the poorest of barrios develop useful, employable skills as a means to self-exploration, expression, and discovery. Through intensive, long-term personal relationships with teachers and mentors, participating children learn to use photography, creative writing, and computers as tools to examine their lives, families, communities, and environment bridging the global technology divide.