For millions of young people around the world, aspiring to leave behind poverty, inequality and violence, the skills of mental health and wellbeing are critical to positively transform their life trajectories.

WorldBeing works to ensure that every child—especially marginalized adolescents, girls, and young women—has the agency, resilience, and power to thrive mentally, physically and academically. By working with the youth of today, we sow the seeds of a better world for the generations of tomorrow.

At WorldBeing, we believe that youth wellbeing is key to global wellbeing.

Today more than 1 billion youth, 14% of the world’s population, live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). By 2050, roughly 69% of the world's youth will live in LMICs (United Nations, 2026). 

Adolescents in poverty face enormous pressures, including persistent stress, gender inequality, violence, exclusion, and economic insecurity. These pressures affect mental wellbeing—and how young people navigate their health, education, relationships, and the choices that shape their lives, their families, and their communities.

And yet, building the skills of mental wellbeing remains a key missing piece in empowering youth to build a better life for themselves.

At WorldBeing we work to equip marginalized, economically disadvantaged, and underserved youth with the mental wellbeing, agency and resilience that supports them to unlock their aspirations and flourish.

Making wellbeing part of every education system.

We envision a world where wellbeing is a public good, not a privilege. 

Public education systems have the reach to serve millions of young people – and present an opportunity to empower every young person with the wellbeing, agency, resilience and support they need to thrive. To this end, we partner closely with governments in LMICs to embed wellbeing into national and state education systems—ensuring that youth wellbeing becomes a guaranteed component of education at scale. 

Our ambition is to reach 30 million adolescents by 2030—and build a pathway to population-scale impact across low- and middle-income countries.

Built for Government Ownership.

We work in partnership with governments to integrate wellbeing within existing education systems – including policy, teacher training institutions, curriculum and budgets. We combine grounded knowledge with scientific research—integrating local voices with contextual, personal, lived experience, and rigorous methods for testing, adaptation and evaluation.  

To achieve this, WorldBeing employs a blended financial model that leverages strategic partnerships with global and local philanthropies and governments. This approach ensures long-term sustainability and financial viability as programmatic and funding responsibility progressively transitions over time to national and state government education systems.

Rigorous Research.
Measurable Results.

‍Our 15 years of innovation and rigorous research has led to well-documented impacts on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 4: Quality Education, and SDG 5: Gender Equality.

20+

evaluations, including three randomized controlled trials

29%

increase in emotional resilience

23%

increase in social wellbeing

24%

improvement in academic performance

18%

improvement in gender-equitable attitudes

Meet Our Team.

At WorldBeing, we’ve built an experienced, global team committed to the potential within each of us to transcend and transform poverty, conflict, and oppression.
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The WorldBeing Model.

WorldBeing offers a trans-disciplinary, integrative approach to developing and supporting mental health and wellbeing in vulnerable and marginalized youth and young women.

Our programs draw upon practices from fields including Resilience, Positive Psychology, Restorative Practices, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and Attitudinal Healing.
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Our Network.

Locally and around the world, WorldBeing works together with individuals, non-profits, donors and universities to implement, document and share our tools and practices.

Via a network of partnerships with local NGOs, government policymakers, the funding community, academia, and schools around the world, WorldBeing works to integrate our mental health and wellbeing programs and training into school and community-based programming.
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