01 / OUR AREAS OF WORK
Human of the World Foundation brings people together through care for life: for the person beside us, for nature, for animals and for the places we share.
We use music, visual arts and other creative practices in rehabilitation. We help people express what they feel, communicate and explore their abilities. We begin by paying attention to the person: how they feel, what they find difficult and what draws their interest.
We offer classes and workshops and support learning and creative endeavours. We help people take an initial interest through to a finished work, a recording or a performance. Our team’s knowledge and professional experience help people create something of their own.
We help people find one another, offer and receive help, and share their time, knowledge and skills.
Protecting nature and the ocean, and helping animals, are part of the Foundation’s purpose. Cleaning a beach, caring for an animal or looking after the place where we live also express our attitude towards life. Our humanity becomes tangible in what we treat with care.
IN SEYCHELLES / IN REAL LIFE
SEPTEMBER 2026 · SEYCHELLES
A gathering with the Seychelles Alzheimer’s Foundation: listening, singing, instruments and time together. Doctor Music Seychelles led the session with support from Human of the World Foundation.
Read the storyAUTISM SEYCHELLES HOLIDAY CLUB · 2026
A musical meeting at Autism Seychelles Holiday Club together with InterHearts Pre & Primary School. Making room for each child’s own way of listening, moving and joining in.
Read the storyAPRIL AND MAY 2026
Together with Art Studio Mosaic Kalibri, the Foundation held 12 hours of Roman mosaic workshops. The two groups had 10 and 11 participants.
SEPTEMBER 2026
With the Foundation’s support, two participants in a National Council for Children (NCC) project recorded songs at Doctor Music Seychelles.
Support individual music sessions for people with autism or Alzheimer’s disease in Seychelles.
45–60 minutes · Free for the participant
Support the FoundationTHE LIVING ARCHIVE
The Foundation was created in 2026. It draws on our team’s many years of musical, educational and cultural work in Seychelles.
Photographs, videos and posts preserve the story of this work: sessions, workshops, creative gatherings and the people who become part of it.
02 / THE IDEA
What is our inner state when we meet another person?
Sometimes we say yes when we want to say no. We stay silent when we have something to say. We do what others expect of us and lose sight of our own choices.
Sometimes we respond sharply to an ordinary question because we are tired or irritated. By noticing our own irritation before we answer, we can pause and say what matters without being rude.
The brain can change in response to experience. Science calls this neuroplasticity. What we repeat helps shape our skills and habits. That is why sustaining attention, noticing emotions and choosing our response takes practice — deciding “I’ll be calmer from now on” may not be enough.
Music engages attention, emotions and movement. Sometimes sound or the voice helps a person express what they cannot yet put into words.
Music therapy works with this purposefully. Rhythm, tempo, sound, voice, movement and attentive listening are chosen to suit each person’s goals and responses. This work can help reduce tension and develop ways of managing one’s inner state.
For Human of the World, caring for a person’s inner world is part of a culture of peace.
Seychelles Shares
Sometimes what we have is exactly what someone else needs right now.
Here you can pass on a useful item, share your time or skills, or ask for help. Everything is free.
THE MANIFESTO
We barely know someone, yet we have already decided who they are. From a name, an accent, a single disagreement.
What might we hear if we set that judgment aside for a moment?
Read the full manifestoAnd if peace begins with the human being, I allow it to begin with me.Read the declaration
HUMANS OF THE WORLD
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THE FOUNDATION
Human of the World Foundation is a non-profit foundation registered in Seychelles.
Foundation registration certificateRegistration No. 001314 · 29 January 2026Open the original PDFFOUNDATION COUNCIL
Aleksei GolovizninFounder & Councillor
Anastasiia VerkhoturovaCouncillor
Dr. Archie BrainHonorary Scientific Advisor
OUR SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Anaesthetist and inventor of the laryngeal mask.
You may never have heard of Archie Brain. But if you have had an operation under general anaesthesia, doctors may have used his invention — the laryngeal mask — to help you breathe. According to the Association of Anaesthetists, it has been used more than 350 million times worldwide.
The story of the inventionArchie met us in Seychelles in 2017 and came to know our work in music therapy. A deep friendship has connected us ever since. Over the years, we have become family to one another.
In 2026, Archie accepted an invitation to become the Foundation’s Honorary Scientific Advisor.
We share a conviction: knowledge gains human meaning when it becomes help.
MUSIC AND PAINTING
Our friendship continues through creativity, too. Archie writes his own songs, works on his singing and paints. Over our years of working together, we have recorded around 20 of his original songs.
An original song by Archie Brain.
Open a painting to look closer.
MUSIC / A PERSONAL EXPRESSION
Lady Zen · Anastasiia Verkhoturova
Happiness Blooms is a song by Lady Zen about choosing to live with awareness, freedom and attention to the present. A personal artistic expression of a perspective close to Human of the World.
Playing the video connects to YouTube.
LET’S BEGIN A CONVERSATION
Perhaps you have an idea, experience you would like to share, or a wish to do something together.
Tell us what speaks to you and how you would like to take part.
WRITE TO THE FOUNDATION
community@thehumanera.org