RESTORING INTEGRITY
THE WAY TO HAPPINESS

A shocking two-thirds of the world’s countries are riddled with serious public-sector corruption. A significant portion of future leaders report believing unethical behavior is necessary to succeed.

To reverse this moral decline and restore fundamental values, L. Ron Hubbard wrote The Way to Happiness: A Common Sense Guide to Better Living. Entirely nonreligious, its 21 precepts may be used by anyone regardless of race, culture or creed to foster kindness, honesty and the basic skills of living.

The Way to Happiness, now published in 119 languages, has brought calm to communities torn by violence, peace to areas ravaged by civil strife and self-respect to millions of individuals—in schools, prisons, churches and youth and community centers.

To uplift every sector of society, The Way to Happiness Foundation International was established as a nonprofit, secular organization with its headquarters in Glendale, California, serving as the coordination center for worldwide activities. Through support from the Churches of Scientology and Scientologists, The Way to Happiness and its educational materials and programs are now utilized in every corner of the globe, helping to instill a higher level of honesty, trust and self-respect throughout every culture.

BRINGING PEACE TO A REGION IN TURMOIL

COLOMBIA AND BEYOND

Decades of narco-terrorism and drug wars turned Colombia into one of the world’s most violent nations, wracked by kidnappings and murders.

Seeking a solution, the Colombian National Police launched a Way to Happiness program, directing a massive handout when street protests threatened to erupt into riots. Officials also arranged to have public service announcements depicting The Way to Happiness precepts aired on Bogotá television.

No violence ensued.

The National Police Colonel coordinating the effort next turned the focus to Cartagena, where escalating crime endangered tourism. A Way to Happiness seminar for 140 Cartagena police officers was followed by booklet distribution throughout the city. Date coincident with an intensive three-year program using The Way to Happiness, crime in Cartagena had dropped by 27 percent and it was declared Colombia’s safest city.

As the program expanded nationwide, the crime rate in other cities plummeted—due in no small measure to more than 10,000 police officers, trained in the Way to Happiness program, delivering seminars to three million citizens and distributing copies of the booklet to a full 20 percent of the population.

Thereafter, neighboring nations desperate for solutions to drugs and crime also adopted The Way to Happiness. The then First Lady of Guatemala requested three million copies of the booklet and distributed it through the national police, mayors and schools. This infusion of the booklet was followed by significant drops in crime. In Peru, a retired general of the national police introduced The Way to Happiness to the International Police Association and then the Peruvian police network, where it became official police training. In 2014, the São Paulo Military Police began Way to Happiness training, along with distribution of thousands of booklets.