Integral Heart Foundation

The Integral Heart Foundation - connecting hearts - evolving consciousness

Our Mission: To change culture from the inside out through person -to-person sponsoring and advanced educational programs that include the development of mind, body, spirit and emotions.

Our Vision: We see our work as the beginning of a multi-generational movement whose leaders are empowered to preserve cultural beauty and diversity; to strive for human rights and gender equality; and also to embrace personal responsibility in a global context.

About us: We are dedicated students of Integral Theory, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Spiral Dynamics, Big Mind and Zen. Debora Prieto is a native of Spain, a Zen monk, a facilitator of the Big Mind Process who studied classic philosophy and graduated from the University of Madrid as an educator of mentally handicapped children. Mick Quinn is a native of Ireland, the author of The Uncommon Path who co-founded and operated several multi-million-dollar companies in New York City.

The Integral Heart Foundation - Our Four Main Programs:
Kindergarten: The Kindergarten Program provides each child with: A safe environment in which to be a child; Two meals and one snack per day; A bath and a clean change of clothing; The opportunity to play, socialize and learn. The average child in Guatemala rarely has access to these possibilities. We currently have 14 children attending this first kindergarten. We fund food, clothing, hygiene products, toys, a salary, furnishings, and each of their families receive a monthly food basket.

Integral Education: The Integral Education Program is about changing culture from the inside out. We are doing this, not by teaching the kids what to think, but how to think. Integral Theory teaches individual competency and social skills, and encourages taking responsibility, not only for the self but also for other people. Curriculum includes Big Mind, Comparative Religions, Meditation, Lucid Dreaming, Values, Intentions, Decision-making, The Big Bang and Sex Education.

Sponsorship: Our person-to-person sponsor program allows a child to attend school. This keeps them off the streets and in an environment where learning, love and potential replace the lure of doing nothing, menial labor or even a life as a gang member. We also use sponsorship funds to provide a food basket to each of their families, school supplies and medical attention when required. We select beneficiary families and individuals in co-operation with our local partner organizations.

Home Solar Lighting: Our portable units provide light so that our students can study and so their parents can work after dark (6pm year-round). They replace costly and dangerous candles and provide a new measure of security in the home. Estimates place the number of homes in Guatemala without power somewhere around 500,000, that‘s millions of people in the dark after sundown. And, most of these people have no light and not much hope of getting access to the national grid.