This video presents the challenges of primary and secondary education in Mali and other African countries….and an effective way to encourage greater participation in the educational process by students and parents alike....

Jean Jacques Yem of Mali, a partner of the Institute for Excellence in Africa, has considerable experience writing, producing and directing TV series in West Africa. Since 2015 he has written a TV series in French to promote the rights of children, especially to have Consciousness-Based Education. He does this through simple plays and everyday situations directed at parents.   Currently Jean Jacques is raising funds to produce the...

Three new dormitories were inaugurated in a grand ceremony at EDAPO (Economic Development and AIDS Prevention Organization). EDAPO school situated just north of the capital of Kampala, provides food, shelter, education, and basic medical care to hundreds of children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Over half of these children are also living with HIV/AIDS. The EDAPO school has implemented the Transcendental Meditation practice for its...

A new technology lab expands the facilities of the Maharishi School in Zambia. Over 25 computers have been donated by Partners for World Peace bringing the total number now to 28 stations. 

Introducing African Women and Girls Organization for Total Knowledge, Uganda Ltd. (AWAGO) is part of the women’s wing of the global organization teaching the Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) technique in countries around the world for over 50 years. A New Generation of Leaders African Women and Girls Organization for Total Knowledge, Uganda Ltd. (AWAGO) offers programs, including the evidence-based, secular Transcendental...

A long awaited agricultural project has started in Nandi Hills. Kenya. The project, under the leadership of the Women’s Leadership Initiative is producing fresh vegetables for the community, especially the students of Liberty School.

The transforming experiences of women in Uganda who learned Transcendental Meditation Brenda Nakalembe, founder of Uganda’s United Women’s Platform for Empowerment and Development recognized the potential for the Transcendental Meditation technique to help fulfill her mission to empower women. More than 600 women and 200 children have learned TM through the program at UWOPED. At one beginning phase of TM training for 80 UWOPED...

Ninety-six students of the Global One School Kibera in Nairobi participated in a Global Peace Initiative in January 2018. The school has over 300 students, staff and faculty participating in a daily Consciousness-Based education program.

Project in the Osunyai Maasai Village with over 200 participants. SaveSave

Renowned educator, Dr. Ashley Deans, recently visited Lome, Togo as part of this third tour of the continent meeting with government leaders, press, educators parents and students to discuss innovations in education. Dr. Deans drew on his extensive experience as a pioneer of Consciousness-Based Education in his award winning school in the USA  that has produced amazing results year after year. On this visit he met with 30 journalists for...

Over 500 villagers participated in the Lingido Massai Village project in Tanzania over a two month period. A special focus was on support for mothers and children. Project was sponsored by Partners for World Peace.

Three new dormitories are being constructed with support from Seeds of Heaven. Economic Development and Aids Prevention Organization (EDAPO) in Central Uganda supports 600 HIV/Aids Orphans and children at risk. EDAPO has its own primary school for more than 356 children. EDAPO is using the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique to create more hopeful outcomes for the children. TM has been well documented to improve academic performance,...

Why Implementing Invincible Defense Technology Will Make African Nations Invincible http://www.vigilance-securitymagazine.com/news/categories/defence-and-security-strategy/9524-why-implementing-invincible-defense-technology-will-make-african-nations-invincible Why Implementing Invincible Defense Technology Will Make African Nations Invincible Early this morning guns were heard a short distance away in my neighborhood. Quite surprised and...

          Why Implementing Invincible Defense Technology Will Make African Nations Invincible Why Implementing Invincible Defense Technology Will Make African Nations...

  Large groups practicing the advanced Transcendental Meditation program were associated with significant reductions in U.S. homicide and urban violent crime rates during an intervention period of 2007-2010. Can large group meditation lower the crime rate? The most recent in a series of studies spanning decades suggests again that a sufficiently large group practicing an advanced program of Transcendental Meditation, the TM-Sidhi program,...

Leaders of the Institute for Excellence in Africa convened a meeting in Nakuru to discuss strategies to create coherence in collective consciousness so that Kenya may avoid social conflict in the run-up to the 2017 national election. Shown: Paramjeet Kwatra, Kristin B. Naituli, Simon Mwangi, Jim Schaefer, Elphaz Ronoh and Kinuthia Pat Kimani.   

  Kenyan tribes arming ahead of elections An arms race is on between two of Kenya’s largest ethnic communities ahead of the 2012 presidential election after the last disputed vote triggered weeks of tribal bloodletting, a rights group said. An explosive combination of a desire for revenge and lack of state security has seen Kalenjin and Kikuyu communites in Kenya’s Rift Valley stockpile firearms, said the Centre for Human...

Ideal Girls High School was founded in 2008 as the first Consciousness-Based school for Girls in Africa. Our school gives non-sectarian, quality education for girls. We are in Mbale District in eastern Uganda. Success in Exams IGHS has had outstanding success in the Ugandan national exams. That means we have a successful school in Ugandan terms. Since 2009, 92% of our students have passed the “O” level exam at Grade 10 — even though...

This project was started at the request of local community leaders who wanted to create greater harmony between tribal groups in the area. It addresses both PTSD and social harmony issues. SaveSave

Combating the effects of PTSD. Straight Talk Africa host Shaka Ssali interviews Solomon Mwangi, Director for African PTSD relief projects in Kenya, Dr. David F. O’Connell PH.D and Author of “Prescribing Health: Transcendental Meditation in Contemporary Medical Care”, and David Shapiro, President of African PTSD.