What We Believe
Our Values
The Board and team members of the Foundation adhere to the following set of core values:
Integrity and High Standard of Conduct
The Board and our team members will be open and honest with one another, the stakeholders and the community. We strive to conduct our work in the spirit of transparency and fairness. We pledge to operate with the highest standards of conduct and ethics.
Respect for All People and Cultures
The Board and our team members will demonstrate graciousness and respect to all people in all their work on behalf of the Foundation. They will show respect for diverse cultures and backgrounds of our program participants.
Belief in Individual Leadership
The Board and our team members will provide and promote an environment of trust and flexibility that engenders and rewards the best ideas and efforts.
High Impact Through Collaboration
The Board and our team members will strive to maximize the impact from limited resources available in accomplishing our goals. We endeavor to achieve greater impact by working with others in collaborative fashion.
Commitment to Effectiveness
The Board and our team members will identify unique and strategic opportunities to make a difference. Through objective evaluations and timely feedback, they will evaluate their value contribution, assess program effectiveness and change strategies to achieve highest level of effectiveness and performance goals. The Foundation will maintain a long-term perspective and commitment in attaining superior results.
Proclivity to Think Big and Innovate
The Board and our team members will be receptive to big picture views and new ideas, even if long term horizon is required, that have the potential for unique value creation and lasting contribution. We promote creative thinking and innovative solutions in accomplishing our mission. We are prepared to embrace risk and learn from failure.
Our Focus
Our foundation’s emphasis is on working with people from around the world in developing global friends and future leaders. We focus on providing a variety of programs that is designed to impart engaging and learning experience to better prepare the next generations of global citizens. The Foundation aims to address the following areas in an integrated fashion:
Fundamentals of Democratic Values
Ideals and principles of democracy
Freedom and accountability
Justice and playing by the rule
Human rights and equal opportunity
Democracy in play and demonstrated
Free Market Economy and Economic Systems
Foundation of free market economy
Economic systems of capitalism
Value and wealth creation
Free competition
Corruption and anti-competitive behaviors
Technology and Globalization
Innovation
Pioneering spirit
Technology’s impact to life quality
Internet and globalization
Social Progress
Population and poverty
Health and wellness
Education and learning
Community development
Sustainability and Conservation
Sustainable ecosystems
Green initiatives and conservation
Resiliency of environment and planet
Culture and Friendship
Cultural exchange
Music and entertainment
Sports
Special Projects
Respond to unexpected opportunities with flexibility
Address emerging issues of significance with promptness
Participate in initiatives that have potential to become part of the Foundation’s strategy
Our Strategy
Goal
Provide multifaceted programs that achieve the Foundation’s mission in a friendly, exciting and fun environment for the participating people. The Foundation also collaborates with external organizations in partnership to offer broad and comprehensive programs to benefit participants.
Targeted Participants
Students of all ages (ranging from Primary School to Graduate School to Lifelong Continuing Education)
Open to students from every country in the world
Approach
First-hand experience through cultural immersion
Training and mentoring by respected experts and leaders in their fields
Mutual friendship development through experiencing and/or living together
Close interactions with leaders, sports champions, and celebrities
Collaboration with partner and affiliate organizations
Desired Outcomes
Making mutual friends with shared values
Connecting of the future leaders with global awareness
Becoming personal ambassadors of the Foundation’s work
Joining the circle of the Foundation’s friends: future participants, volunteers, associates and/or partners
What We’re Learning
We seek a better world that is peaceful and free from terrorism and exploitation of human rights. We are hopeful of the better future that is shaped based on shared values of democratic ideals and principles. We anticipate the progress in free market economy and technology to have significant impact in uplifting the quality of life for the better.
Our hypothesis is that the generations of future leaders who have shared democratic values as well as forged mutual friendship are able to shape the future for the better. Trained to develop keen awareness of global context and with innate sensitivity toward the needs of their fellow citizens, they are better prepared to develop creative and innovative solutions for future societies.
The Foundation will provide reports on the progress of our work and lessons learned periodically.