An excellent question, one that’s challenging to answer. Our western world exists within its own development model that’s valued based on materialistic accomplishment. Problems now occurring in western society date back to the industrial revolution; subsequent colonial expansionism, its practices, which spawned an excessive materialism. The western-style development model and its imbalances has spread worldwide, emulated by some national entities, now experiencing, to a degree, similar type societal problems.

Our attention is not on benefiting the generality of humankind, as it should be. Western-style development models are based on competitive cycles that benefit a minority few, along with an exponential increase in the dispossessed. To solve these inequalities, we must focus on humanity’s core driver, its spirituality, inherent to every individual; raise awareness of humanity’s commonalities; and strive to attain a conscious reality of humankind as an entity of one. These principles, when exploited to their fullest, will provide the sustaining criteria needed to plan development initiatives and, when implemented, over time, will yield positive results.

Besides development specialists and many other professionals and nonprofessionals alike responding to the need to find meaningful ways to address systemic social, political and economic problems, there remain those who feel unqualified or just don’t know how they can help. It is the latter whom we identify as untapped resources. They often have deep insight into the source and nature of pervasive and divisive societal problems, but lack ways to express their ideas and opinions. Through our work, we encourage, inspire, and provide ways to support and garner quality input from this untapped resource.