Co-creating a Peaceful and Compassionate World that Works for All
Working with Youth and Women, at all levels, all areas, and all across the Globe.
Foundation for Peace and Compassionate Leadership
Our Vision, Values and Mission
As we transition to a new world- more spiritually fulfilling, socially just, and environmentally sustainable-we will need more compassion, peace, and healing than ever before.
Peace, compassion, and healing for ourselves, for others and for the environment, and for all earthlings. We will also need to foster more peaceful and compassionate organizations and governance; those which are environmentally sustainable and life-affirming.
The Foundation has a vision of catalyzing peace, healing and compassionate leadership in the world, starting with the people in India, our subcontinent and thence to South Asia, and the Rest of the World.
The Values that drive the organization are easy to recall through the radiant mnemonic, LIGHT – standing for, Love, Integration, Generative-dialogue, Health and Trust. The above vision will be manifest through the designing and hosting of Outreach Programs for Schools and Young Leaders; Retreats for Decision-makers, Business Executives and Jurists, as well as Workshops, Conferences, and specific Community-oriented Projects – all aimed at creating a ground-swell of support for Peace, Healing, Compassion, and Wholesome Development, in India and the world.
We will also be nurturing global Communities of Practice, comprising people who are aligned with the vision of One Wholesome World, and who are working on projects that bring the benefits of development to those needing it the most.
Raising the Consciousness of World Leaders, enabling them to experience the Oneness of Life and work actively from that understanding. Helping all to know that Action, Integrity, and Courage together, lead to Social Justice, Equity, Peace, and the Greater Good of All.
Inspiring the next generation of Global Leaders to work from the Source of Wholesomeness, and serve the greater good of all.
Developing Compassionate schools that are a healthy and supportive eco-systems of learning, where children of all ages understand, and live by the Values that support Life; and who are sensitized to self-control, Emotional Mastery, Tolerance, Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Collaboration, Service, and Responsibility. Where students can contribute to society as Peace Pioneers, developing compassionate, respectful, and peaceful communities.
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Reimagining and Co-Creating a Wholesome World through Impactful Projects
A Global Social Enterprise for Wholesome Development
The Foundation for Peace and Compassionate Leadership (FPCL) is a Section 8 Company (non-profit) under the Indian Companies Act (2013), headquartered in Pune. It was founded in 2019.
The Mission of the Foundation is to create and deploy organizations, systems, technologies, protocols, mechanisms, processes, projects, human-talent and appropriate resources to bring the Foundation’s credo alive in the service of Humanity and Planet Earth.
The Paradigms of Development and Governance that have been followed so far have resulted in the over-exploitation of Earth’s resources, thereby endangering life on our planet – the only home that we know.
We believe that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a potent set of interrelated targets that capture the deep yearning and aspirations of all people to live peacefully, happily, and amply; in a world where Mother Earth retains her potent life-giving qualities – not just for us, but for generations yet unborn.
For Humanity as a whole to collaborate to make the SDGs come to fruition in the next few years, and thereby reverse any adverse social, environmental, and sociological trends, leaders, change-makers and influencers around the globe need to alter the paradigm and the metrics by which we gauge development and human well-being. We will need to consciously rely more on Love, Integration, Compassion, Equity, Peace, and focused action, on specific and impactful projects, to usher in what we call, Wholesome Development.
What We Do
We help people understand that the Source of Life is the same for all Beings. Thereby, we help people and leaders across the world appreciate that love and peace are the way by which diversity can be reconciled and celebrated.
We also provide the skills and the capabilities to help people and leaders resolve differences without conflict, and in ways that contribute to harmony, peace, and collaboration.
At the Foundation for Peace and Compassionate Leadership, we help people and leaders recognize that the Source of Life — like the breath we all share — is universal.
This understanding of prana, the sacred life-force, fosters reverence for diversity and reinforces the truth that peace is not passive, but a vibrant energy accessible to all.
We equip individuals with the skills to reconcile differences without conflict, to engage across cultures with empathy, and to lead collaboratively from a place of inner harmony. By grounding leadership in shared purpose and compassionate action, we help build inclusive, resilient communities where love is honored, equity is championed, and collaboration thrives.
In every breath, a possibility. In every relationship, a bridge. That is the essence of the future we are co-creating.
Unfolding Love, Ethics, Wholesome Governance and Peace
We envision a world where the heartbeat of leadership is love, and governance flows from ethics, integrity, and care. A world in which peace is not an ideal deferred, but a daily practice — reflected in how institutions are run, choices are made, and relationships are honored.
Reimagining and Co-Creating a Wholesome World - Project by Project
We believe that visionary enterprises, rooted in compassion and purpose, can transform material progress into soulful prosperity. Whether through energy, mobility, medicine, communications, or nutrition — innovations shaped by…
Developing an Ecosystem for Compassionate Education
We envision an educational landscape where every learning space becomes a sanctuary for human flourishing. At the heart of this vision are schools and institutions that go beyond academic achievement — cultivating emotional depth, ethical awareness, and inner resilience in learners.
Developing Compassionate Leaders
We envision an educational landscape where every learning space becomes a sanctuary for human flourishing. At the heart of this vision are schools and institutions that go beyond academic achievement — cultivating emotional depth, ethical awareness, and inner resilience in learners.
Empowering Women through Compassionate Leadership
At the Foundation for Peace and Compassionate Leadership, we believe that when women thrive, nations flourish. Women aren’t just contributors — they’re catalysts of enduring change. Through initiatives like the Moje Kasheer Sistership Program, we help women manifest their transformative potential…
What We Do
Anyone - anywhere in the world - who is committed to Peace, Compassionate Leadership, and has the time and the energy to contribute to Actionable Projects for the creation of a Wholesome World that Works for all, is welcome to get involved with the work that we do.
All that we seek is that those who wish to get involved with us should be kind, truthful, unbiased, inclusive, tolerant, polite, and action-oriented.
Here are a few suggested ways for you to get involved:
Volunteering
Assistance with Outreach and Friends-raising, Preparation of Materials, Conducting Sessions in Schools, Assignments at the World Unity Centre, Fundraising and Afforestation
Using Your Skills
You may be gifted with a distinctive set of skills and capabilities that can be harnessed for the well-being of people and our planet. Do you think you have some such gifts? If yes, reach out to us, and let’s together put our creative caps together to determine how best we may use your skills to make a better world.
Initiating Projects
Conducting Impactful projects which have a metric-based, documentable, and visible impact on the lives of people, and the well-being of the environment is important for the manifestation of our purpose. If you think you can initiate, enlist people and lead such a project, get in touch with us.
Conducting Events
There are a number of events that can be conducted for leaders in all walks of life, to take the message of Peace and Compassionate Leadership forward. This requires effective planning and execution. If you think you have the skills and the time to do this jointly with others from the Foundation, do let us know.
Ways to Volunteer
Here are a few suggested ways for you to get involved:
Assistance with Outreach and Friends-raising
Volunteers are welcome to help us reach out to supporters, members, friends, and leaders who can support us in diverse ways.
Preparation of Materials
There’s always a need for people who are good word-smiths and can create content and materials for events, programs, outreach, projects, and the like.
Conducting Sessions in Schools
If you are a teacher or love to interact with teachers, and children; and wish to be a part of the Respectful; Schools and Peace Pioneers program, then this may be the place where you can contribute to making wholesome schools and communities.
Assignments at the World Unity Centre, Srinagar, India
From looking after the Resources at the Centre to enabling volunteers and researchers who live and work there, there’s always a lot to do at the WUC. If you are good at organizing, planning, and get along with people, this may be the way for you to help.
Fundraising
The work we do needs resources and the more we can get, the greater is the impact we can have. If you can help with fundraising, you’re most welcome to be a part of the team.
Afforestation
Every part of the world would benefit from afforestation and the enhancement of biodiversity. You too could be a part of this.
Founding Directors
Arun Wakhlu is the Executive Director and Chief Mentor of Pragati Leadership, based in Pune, India. A spiritually inspired and professionally skilled community that works with leading clients in 29 countries, Pragati Leadership works to unfold sustainable value for all stakeholders. Arun is also the Chairman of the Pragati Foundation, an NGO working for catalyzing sustainable livelihoods and Compassion in Education.
Bharat Wakhlu is the Founder and President of The Wakhlu Advisory, a Strategic Consulting and Leadership Development organization. As a Transformational Thought-Leader, a Futurist, and an Innovative and Ethical Value-Creator, he interacts with leaders in all walks of life, and inspires them to work wholesomely; and in ways that enhance the well-being of people, our planet, and all life forms.
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