This is an anti-religious or secular organization. In an effort to be inclusive, no specific spirituality or religious point of view is presented. Neither are we proposing a total way of life. World Surgeons is not presented as an alternative to religion. In fact, we encourage individuals to bring some of our formats to their religious institutions so that the good works they do may be multiplied.
World peace is unrealistic.
In the nonprofit world we already do capacity-building. We call it training. Even though much training builds personal capacity, that is usually a side-effect. When I speak of capacity building, I don't just mean training for the volunteer role. I mean helping the individual with personal capacity building so that he or she may have more to give.