A practical guide to participation, leadership, programs and accountability.
1Our Purpose
We invite people everywhere to help build a kinder society. Our shared starting point is simple: practise kindness in your own life, share it with others, and care for the planet that sustains us.
This playbook explains how to participate, how our leaders serve, and how our programs turn those values into practical work. Our aim is that everyone benefits: individuals, families and communities, with care for Mother Earth. We seek lasting change across generations, beginning with what each person can do today.
2The Three Commitments to Kindness
- Be kind to yourself.
- Be kind to all others and creatures.
- Be kind to our Mother Earth.
3Getting Involved
People join as individuals. Every nationality and belief is welcome, with no political, religious or commercial allegiance required. Governments and businesses may support the work while the Foundation maintains its independent humanitarian purpose.
Bring kindness into your family, profession and existing causes. Choose a step that fits your life: explore a group, support the school pledge, learn, teach, or offer a skill. Participation should strengthen the work you already value. You may begin simply by practising the Three Commitments.
The book How to Be a Fantastic Person introduces the philosophy. This playbook provides a practical guide to taking part and helping others take part.
4Leadership and Responsibilities
Geographic roles coordinate service. Membership belongs to people. The seven-continent framework does not imply that every position is filled or that every place has an active group.
Oversee the mission, executive leadership, budgets, integrity and organizational performance.
Manage operations, coordinate programs and report to the board. The founder provides vision and strategic direction.
Support Country Directors and coordinate the work across their continent. Regional coordination can be added where needed.
Support local leadership, coordinate country activities and maintain accurate reports.
Support groups using the geographic levels appropriate to their country. These titles do not require an identical sequence everywhere.
Welcome people, manage groups, share opportunities and coordinate local participation.
Roles and their purpose in the proposed structure. See our Board of Directors and Advisory Board.
5Volunteers and Paid Staff
Volunteers put themselves first, then family and friends, then work, faith and personal priorities, and then the time they can freely give the Foundation. Participation should align with their lives and existing causes. Leaders invite participation and agree realistic commitments without pressuring people to set aside other responsibilities.
For paid staff, personal wellbeing and family remain priorities. Foundation duties become a professional responsibility during agreed working hours. Written role agreements should specify duties, hours, supervision, compensation and reporting. Paid appointments depend on confirmed funding and approved positions.
6The Global Kindness Community
The planned social network will bring the playbook and its directory together with groups and learning. Proposed capabilities include free video conferencing, creating and joining groups, private groups, volunteering, and applying for work or teaching opportunities.
Groups may serve a village, school, place of worship or locality, or a shared interest such as:
Each group needs a named admin, a clear purpose and a connection to the appropriate support team. Interest groups may connect people across borders.
7The Tuition Free Global University
The university vision is tuition-free online learning for all ages within the community. Fantastic University and Kindness University are names discussed for this initiative; the public name, course offering and launch details need confirmation. Proposed platform features are not a statement that the service is already available.
8The Global Kindness Pledge in Schools
Our ambition is to make the pledge available to every classroom, in the language students use. A teacher can lead a daily shared practice of kindness, confidence and care for Mother Earth. The pledge is a central part of the generational plan.
Local companies may sponsor approved poster printing and distribution, with their name and logo in the designated area beneath the pledge. Sponsorship supports delivery while preserving the pledge and the school’s educational purpose. Sponsor benefits should be described without promises of guaranteed sales or long-term loyalty.
School testimonials and recordings can document participants’ experiences. Reports of improved sharing, confidence or reduced bullying should identify the school, period and source. A program evaluation should distinguish these reports from measured outcomes and avoid claiming causation beyond the evidence.
9Skills, Tools and Livelihoods
Program directions include water access, computers and connectivity, seeds and growing skills, paid kindness and eco-art classes, and small business opportunities through Sell Swag Support Kindness. Off-grid electricity and atmospheric water systems are proposed opportunities requiring their own practical delivery plans.
Each program should help people develop lasting capability, with clear eligibility, support, responsibilities, funding and follow-up. A project is successful when the benefit continues after the initial support ends.
10Support for Existing Community Initiatives
Admins, directors and members may already lead charities or community projects. The Foundation aims to help suitable initiatives gain exposure and apply for project financing when resources are available. Support should follow published criteria for mission fit, community need, delivery capability and evidence.
Begin with what you can do today
Joining the Kindness Revolution is free. Become an Ambassador of Kindness and live the Three Commitments.
First draft, November 2026. We welcome your input: drfantastic@thefoundationforworldharmony.org