Our Impact
Reimagining the World
Through Happiness,
Consciousness, and Freedom
Building a global movement to make happiness the new metric of progress—impacting individuals, organizations, and societies to create a world where everyone can flourish.
Our Global Impact
We Don’t Just Talk About Happiness — We Build It
At the World Happiness Foundation, our impact begins with the individual and expands to transform entire systems. Through education, community, research, and global collaboration, we are co-creating a world where well-being is accessible to all.
We believe that when consciousness rises, happiness becomes exponential, and systemic change becomes inevitable.
Our Vision in Action
10 Billion Happy People by 2050
Our work is guided by a simple yet powerful belief:
When enough individuals awaken to their potential and well-being, a global shift becomes possible.
By training leaders, empowering communities, and transforming systems, we are creating the conditions for a more conscious, compassionate, and thriving world.
Impact Across the World
From Artisans in India to teachers in Perú, from Schools in Africa to hospitals in Brazil... our work reaches diverse communities, cultures, and systems all around the globe. We are actively building ecosystems of well-being and happiness where they are needed most—bringing happiness, emotional intelligence, and human flourishing into education, healthcare, and communities.
Active Global Initiatives
These initiatives are currently active and expanding—with the support of partners and contributors around the world.
Schools of Happiness
A paradigm shift in education centered on wellbeing and Happiness
Ghana
We are empowering leaders and teachers to transform over 900 schools across Ghana in partnership with UNESCO. By integrating well-being, emotional intelligence, and conscious education, this initiative is shaping learning environments where students, educators, and communities can thrive, creating long-term systemic impact across the country’s educational ecosystem.
Bhutan
Through the Schools of Happiness program at a leading university in Bhutan, we are impacting over 100 faculty members and more than 2,000 students and their families. This initiative integrates well-being and consciousness into higher education, strengthening Bhutan’s commitment to Gross National Happiness and holistic human development.
Nicaragua
Through the Escuelita de la Grandeza initiative in Nicaragua, more than 450 children and families have been supported through programs focused on literacy, emotional well-being, and positive reinforcement. Led by Nurtured Heart Foundation and grounded in the Nurtured Heart Approach developed by Howard Glasser, the project helps children build confidence, resilience, and leadership skills—especially those growing up in challenging environments—by recognizing and strengthening their inner greatness.
Rwanda
In Rwanda, we are delivering the School of Happiness program to 220 children and 16 teachers, creating nurturing learning environments rooted in emotional well-being, resilience, and connection. This initiative supports educators and students in developing essential life skills that foster healing, growth, and long-term community transformation.
Latin America
In partnership with Amauta, we have trained over 52,000 teachers across Latin America in emotional intelligence, educational coaching, happiness, and well-being. This large-scale initiative is transforming classrooms into spaces of connection, purpose, and resilience, empowering educators to positively impact millions of students and their communities.
India
Be Part of the Impact
Across schools, universities, and communities around the world, we are actively transforming lives, bringing well-being, connection, and purpose where it is needed most.
This work is growing. And it needs people like you.
Hospitals of Happiness
Patient experience, well-being, and consciousness to transform hospital care.
SUS São Paulo
We are empowering leaders and teachers to transform over 900 schools across Ghana in partnership with UNESCO. By integrating well-being, emotional intelligence, and conscious education, this initiative is shaping learning environments where students, educators, and communities can thrive, creating long-term systemic impact across the country’s educational ecosystem.
Nepal, Dhulikhel Hospital
At Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal, +100 nurses, healthcare professionals, and medical students trained to integrate well-being, compassion, and happiness practices into the demanding rhythm of everyday healthcare. This initiative supports caregivers in cultivating emotional resilience, presence, and human connection while helping create more compassionate interactions with patients. By bringing well-being into medical education and clinical environments, the project seeks to strengthen both the quality of care and the well-being of those who provide it.
Cali Colombia
Developing a well-being and human flourishing initiative designed to strengthen the human experience of healthcare at Colombia: Hospital Universitario del Valle “Evaristo García”. This project focuses on supporting healthcare professionals, students, and patients through emotional well-being, psychological safety, and compassionate care practices. As one of the most important public hospitals in southwestern Colombia—serving thousands of patients daily and training future medical professionals—the initiative aims to embed happiness, resilience, and human-centered care into the hospital’s culture and everyday operations.
Be Part of the Impact
Across hospitals, universities, and communities around the world, we are actively transforming lives, bringing well-being, connection, and purpose where it is needed most.
This work is growing. And it needs people like you.
Communities of Happiness
Empowering artisans, indigenous and rural communities by fostering happiness, well-being, sustainability, and cultural preservation.
Artisans in Jaipur
Together with the Jaipur Rugs Foundation, we are supporting the well-being and happiness of more than 40,000 artisans across India. Through programs focused on emotional well-being, dignity, purpose, and community connection, this initiative seeks to empower artisan families while preserving cultural heritage and sustainable livelihoods. By integrating happiness and human flourishing into the workplace and community life, the project helps create environments where individuals can thrive personally, socially, and economically.
Cuetzalan, Mexico
In Cuetzalan, Mexico, we are working with young students in indigenous communities through well-being and emotional education programs in rural schools. Beyond the classroom, we are creating transformative camps and shared experiences that bring together students from indigenous public schools and private institutions, fostering empathy, dialogue, and human connection. These encounters help break prejudice, dissolve social barriers, and inspire a new generation rooted in dignity, inclusion, and mutual understanding.
Chiapas, Mexico
Through the pilot initiative “Nuestro Valor, Nuestra Voz” (“Our Worth, Our Voice”), we are supporting Tseltal indigenous women in Chiapas, Mexico, through culturally sensitive workshops focused on self-worth, emotional well-being, and conscious empowerment. Developed in collaboration with local community leaders, the project creates safe and inclusive spaces where women can reconnect with their intrinsic value, strengthen their voices, and explore leadership and human rights through storytelling, experiential learning, and well-being practices rooted in dignity and respect.
Rwanda
In Rwanda, we are delivering the School of Happiness program to 220 children and 16 teachers, creating nurturing learning environments rooted in emotional well-being, resilience, and connection. This initiative supports educators and students in developing essential life skills that foster healing, growth, and long-term community transformation.
Latin America
In partnership with Amauta, we have trained over 52,000 teachers across Latin America in emotional intelligence, educational coaching, happiness, and well-being. This large-scale initiative is transforming classrooms into spaces of connection, purpose, and resilience, empowering educators to positively impact millions of students and their communities.
India
Be Part of the Impact
Across schools, universities, and communities around the world, we are actively transforming lives, bringing well-being, connection, and purpose where it is needed most.
This work is growing. And it needs people like you.
World Happiness Blog
Food for the Soul
Here you will find inspiring original content by our Founder & President Luis Gallardo and Guest Thought Leaders. Check out our articles and video series where Luis chats with Happiness leaders from around the world, explores philosophical ideas, and shares insights, tangible practices, and solutions related to freedom, consciousness, and happiness.
We want to help you share your Exponential idea with the world
The Exponentials of Happiness Lab
