Inspiring Virtues Globally

In communities across the globe, your gifts are helping The Five Strategies of the Virtues Project take hold and make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and families.

In rural Kenya, there is a groundswell of Virtues-infused schools and communities. Several hundred teachers have now received training in The Five Strategies, resulting in increased test scores, improved behavior, increased attendance and declining delinquency. Education officials in Kenya are taking notice and are encouraging efforts within schools to adopt the Five Strategies and the focus on Virtues as a means to cope with disciplinary problems while also increasing student and teacher engagement. Communities tied to these schools are developing creative ways to raise funds and support one another, centering their interactions around Virtues.

In Fiji, floods ravaged the countryside in recent months. Nonetheless, enthusiasm for the Five Strategies of The Virtues Project continues to build. Virtues Facilitators and Peer Educators made heroic efforts to connect with children and young people throughout the island nation, sometimes jumping in to provide assistance with flood evacuations and cleanup efforts. At a recent workshop, nearly 400 students attended a Virtues training session led by these amazing Peer Educators!

In the Cook Islands, the island of Aitutaki is experiencing a tsunami of virtues practices. In their retirement, TVP founders Linda and Dan are engaged as mental health and wellbeing volunteer-consultants, working toward integrated community development with both governmental and social service agencies. They are also being invited into the schools, starting with an elementary school and a pre-school where teachers are learning to replace their natural instinct to label students with acknowledgments of virtues when they see them. 

We look forward to sharing more success stories about more schools and communities adopting the Five Strategies of the Virtues Project and how they are making a difference in communities around the world.