| MEXICO |
The city of Veracruz in the state of Veracruz is home to Mexico’s oldest, largest and historically most significant port. Managing 16 million tons of cargo a year, the port has become a hub for warring drug cartels, who utilize the port and its route in and out of Mexico for drugs and gunrunning, extortion, protection rackets and kidnapping.
| PALESTINE |
In the welter of conflict and divided Palestinian-Israeli control, the turbulent West Bank has lost its Golden Rule. This birthplace of three major religions, none of which teaches a person to kill, is yet a site of seemingly unending violence.
| PARIS |
Paris may be famous as the international capital of fashion and cuisine, but beneath the glamour lies a rising tide of crime and juvenile delinquency. In 2014, 3.5 million crimes were committed in France, a third were committed by juveniles.
| USA |
The Way to Happiness is an effective tool to help restore self-respect and give offenders a guide to leading ethical and responsible lives ...
| VENEZUELA |
The Way to Happiness chapter in Venezuela takes on all levels of their country’s social strata in its work to instill morals in the youth of the country. They target densely populated pockets where high rates of crime and violence breed, and they also reach out to educators, police, the military and others to help the general population of Venezuela.
| INDIA |
The Secretary-General of the United Nations issued his annual message on the International Day of Happiness, March 20: “I wish everyone around the world a very happy International Day of Happiness. The pursuit of happiness is serious business. Happiness for the entire human family is one of the main goals of the United Nations.”
| DETROIT, MICHIGAN |
Detroit, Michigan, once celebrated as Motor City for its automotive industry and Motown for its musical legacy, is today one of America’s most troubled metropolises. Soaring unemployment, crime and drug trafficking drove an exodus of 25% of the population in the past decade, leaving behind tens of thousands of abandoned businesses, buildings and homes.
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
Roberto Naya, a Miami resident and Caribbean native, saw in The Way to Happiness the solution to the moral decay that defines the rise in crime and violence in the Dominican Republic and launched a grass-roots campaign of lectures and training.
| GHANA |
Learn about the educational campaign launched in Ghana by The Way to Happiness foundation to lower youth crime rates and bring a sense of hope, morality and happiness to this African Nation. Learn how this non-religious moral code can help instill honesty, trust and integrity
| NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK |
Learn how violence has been reduced at a public high school in New York city after the widespread distribution of The Way to Happiness and the start of the Youth Education Campaign. Learn how after two weeks there were no fights in the school and no murders after two months.
