New Flagship Programs
The Foundation pursues its objectives through a growing family of flagship programs.
The Santideva Gangchen University (Institute) for Bodhisattvas
Education plays a fundamental role in healing the planet — through weekend, week, month, semester and year-long courses in inner development, in agreement with partner educational institutions, oriented around the principle: “I am because you are, you are because I am.”
Healing the Planet
All programmatic activities are designed and implemented to expand and intensify the instruments and processes to heal the planet — environment and ecology alongside the healing of economics, politics, institutions, and social and human systems.
Peace Building
A new paradigm of peace grounded in the understanding that world peace is the result of inner peace — requiring self-healing and the healing of the planet, rather than economic aid, armament, or negotiation alone.
New & Renewed Planetary Programs
Saving the Children, Youth Leadership, Trees for Peace, Greens for Peace, Seeds for Peace, Medicinal Herbs for Peace, Citizens for Peace, Cities for Peace, Live Food and Nutrition for Peace, Politics for Peace, Economics for Peace, Governance and Institutions for Peace, Religion and Spirituality for Peace, Women for Peace, Elders for Peace, Indigenous Peoples for Peace.
Our Children and Youth
One of the main purposes of healing the planet for world peace is to support youth, children, and all future generations. This is not only a development challenge but also an ethical imperative.
Today, there are many children and young people who are abandoned or are in serious trouble with the law in their respective countries. These are vulnerable children and youth who deserve a better future. Thus, the ZIHT/PTF will consider a series of unique programs for them as an integral part of its mission and program formulation. These programs will be designed with the goal of helping these youngsters integrate into their societies, find a sense of belonging, develop and consolidate their identity, and much more.
Nature is a fundamental source of human healing and self-confidence. Thus, the ZIHT/PTF will make a major effort to bring some of its programs to the institutions in charge of these youngsters, beginning with countries and organizations in Latin America. These initiatives will include animal care, tree planting, vegetable gardens, urban reforestation, healthy cooking and nutrition, organization-to-organization exchanges, mountain climbing, beach cleanups, training, martial arts, and more.
For these programs to yield the expected results, it is vital to teach these youngsters meditation, yoga, contemplation, mindfulness, Kriya (breathing), and many other disciplines of the mind, body, and soul. These programs will be expanded to include everyone within their organizations, as well as potential foster parents.
The strategy will also include the launch of formal training courses on ecology, the environment, social skills, public speaking, and debating. These interventions will help improve self-confidence and strengthen participants’ ability to integrate into their own societies.
It is possible to select two or three organizations in Latin America and begin implementing the above-mentioned programs. Examples include the International Foster Care Organization and Aldeas Infantiles SOS, both of which have extensive worldwide coverage.
Join the circle receiving ZIHT's dispatches.
A weekly reflection, a new publication, or a call to action from the field — direct from the Institute, in the same voice you find on this site. No noise, no solicitation.
