Our mission is to improve the world by cultivating lifelong growth of the heart, mind and soul.
The HMS Project is a grassroots organization founded on the premise that by gathering the service and resources of individuals we can make positive contributions both locally and globally.
In so doing, we hope to inspire everyone's potential to live a life more awake, aware and alive
and create a wiser, healthier and more harmonious world.
When the Heart is awake we know love, when the Mind is aware we learn truth,
when the Soul is alive we experience the Divine.
The HMS Story
"I am but one, but I can help." Helen Keller
The Heart, Mind & Soul Project was birthed from a wedding anniversary trip to Bali in 2008 that was a gift to me after a year of a breast cancer diagnosis, two surgeries and radiation treatment. I fell in love with Bali and the people that fed my heart, mind and soul at that vulnerable time. The following year I began to work on my dream of a service trip for my family. In 2010 we were thrilled to return to Bali and serve in the small village of Munduk with The Bali Children’s Project.
Our first year we visited four schools teaching songs, doing art projects and donating school supplies. Observing that some children could not attend school, we were moved to offer tuition support for a few students whose families were struggling financially.
"Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with great love." Mother Theresa
And so it began as a small seed of an idea 13 years ago. Today we are full of gratitude as we see the positive harvest that has been the product of many people's contributions. Together, we have helped over 80 students attend school and many people have volunteered with us in Bali. We helped open a new kindergarten, built 2 playgrounds and have held teacher trainings for the village teachers. A small seed of an idea has taken root and grown. Working collectively as The Heart, Mind and Soul Project, we envision branching out and cultivating even more positive changes in our world.
"Together our contibutions become more significant."
We have seen how miraculous things happen when one person is willing to respond to a stirring within. It is even more miraculous when a group of people respond and work together to give, serve and love. There are not only practical external contributions that result, but also internal growth and changes occur that cause an expanding ripple of good. This collective component of outer good and inner growth will create a wiser, healthier and more harmonious world.
Kathryn Schlesinger
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Hwange, Zimbabwe Orange County, California, USA Dharamsala, INDIA Bali, INDONESIA
OUR PROJECTS
the first volunteer trip
