There is a growing awareness that the long-term eradication of poverty and human misery requires a fundamental shift in consciousness. Many projects aimed at improving the material conditions of life for the poor have had disappointing long-term results, and have been ineffective in eradicating the roots of poverty. The 5H Program provides a holistic ongoing framework of education and support that has the potential to lift people permanently out of the trap of poverty and misery.
Human values are the hallmark of human evolution and the basis of a peaceful and prosperous world.
These values can flourish once basic material needs of a community have been met. Violence, hatred, crime and other pervasive social ills are the direct result of a lack of attention to human values. The foundation for developing human values is a sense of belonging and oneness, which arises spontaneously through the participation of the whole community in the upliftment of each of its members in the context of 5H projects.