At the Maharishi Institute in Johannesburg, excited students with their proud parents and families joined in the 2018 Commencement ceremony granting the BA degree in Business. Maharishi Institute specializes in unfolding the full potential of each student to display maximum creativity. Students earn their degree via a distance education program in collaboration with Maharishi University of Management, USA. This program allows students to...

A large contingent of journalists met with Issouf Ouattara in Abidjan to review  research on how Transcendental Meditation reduces mental and physical stress leading to clearer, calmer thinking and behavior.  

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A one-day conference for community leaders from Maasi Villages was held in Arusha, Tanzania today. Facilitators included Jim Schaeffer (Partners for World Peace) and two experts in Consciousness-Based Education.

Faculty, staff and students of the Good Luck School in Kapala gather for a presentation on Consciousness-Education. All are practicing programs for the development of consciousness.

Dr. Jim Schaeffer, Director of Partners for World Peace toured various projects on his latest visit. Seen here the faculty of th Brain Trust School, all of whom practice Transcendental Meditation for educational development  

All staff at this clinic in Kampala practice Transcendental Meditation which has been shown to have significant benefits for PTSD as well as other areas of mental and physical health.

Kampala: A two-day conference sponsored by Partners for World Peace (PWP) brought together a wide range of stakeholders who are teaching in or managing projects in Uganda supported by PWP

Uganda: EDAPO Women’s group working to promote economic development stand in from of their tree nursery.

All faculty (pictured) at the EDAPO (Economic Development and Aids Prevention Organization) primary school are practicing Consciousness-Based education. The school has over 360 in-residence students who have been orphaned. In total, the school provides support for 600 HIV/Aids Orphans and children at risk.  EDAPO is using the Transcendental Meditation® (TM) technique to create more hopeful outcomes for the children. TM has been well...

Yoga teachers in Senegal continued to meet to plan for International Yoga Day as a collaboration with the Indian Embassy, focusing on the proven benefits of Yoga (asanas and meditation) for heath.    

Merveille Djappi Tiani–One of Iowa’s Outstanding Accounting Students MBA student Merveille Djappi Tiani recently was named Most Outstanding Accounting Student at MUM by the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants. The MUM accounting faculty nominated him for the award based on his academic performance, professional behavior, and his ability to collaborate with others. Merveille grew up in a small rural town in Cameroon and has always...

A national planning seminar was led by Jim Schaefer, Partners for Peace. The meeting reviewed all educational projects throughout the nation.   SaveSave

SCANN, a school for at-risk street children had 60 participants in the Global Peace Initiative on May 20th. Simon Mwangi was the program director who has taught all of the children in the program.  

Inspire of heavy rains, 49 participants came out for the Global Peace Initiative on May 20th at the Peace Hall at the Liberty School in Nandi Hills, Kenya.  

May 20, 2018 Global Initiative for World Peace in Dakar with 12 participants. They joined groups throughout the world totaling 60,000 participants.   

May 20th over 50 school children at the Kibera School in Nairobi joined in a global initiative to create world peace. This reflects the school motto: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Seydou M’bengue, Director of the Senegal Transcendental Meditation Program hosted a conference of the premier yoga teachers in the country to prepare for the International Yoga Day June 21st. At the conference, a National Association of Yoga Teachers was formed and M’bengue was appointed General Secretary.  

A powerful relief protocol is being implemented in Uganda to reduce stress and help with the revitalization of the life of Congolese refugees currently living in Uganda. The Transcendental Meditation technique has been repeatedly found to be effective in reducing PTSD and allowing normal social functioning in traumatized populations.

A study published today in Health Care for Women International shows how the Transcendental Meditation technique can empower women’s lives, using measures of self-efficacy, perceived stress, and mental and physical quality of life. The practice was shown to help single, disadvantaged, illiterate mothers in Uganda deal with high levels of physical and psychological stress in their daily lives while improving their health, well-being, and...