The spirit of cooperation and the incentive to the spontaneous feeling of Love for one another are the foundations that guide the work of the Legion of Good Will. For decades, it creates and keeps socio-educational programs in some parts of the world, especially in the least developed countries by promoting better standards of life for populations in personal and social risk situations.

There are schools of basic education, from nursery to high school; Homes for children, adolescents and senior citizens; Community and Educational Centers, with a variety of job training and social protection courses; emergency programs of fight against hunger and misery; and socioeducational campaigns that dignify life. This work crosses the borders and reaches various regions of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Portugal.

In the United States, the Legion of Good Will had its official start on October 30, 1986, when it received from the Department of the State of New York, the approval and the register of the incorporation certificate. With the contribution of the North American population it has come to help even more people, through its programs of social solidarity. In 1999, the LGW was recognized at the UN with the maximum status in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), where it has acted as an international partner since then. (see LGW at the UN)

Our mission

Promote Education and Culture with Spirituality, so that there may be Food, Health and Work for all, in the formation of the Ecumenical Citizen.

Philosophy

Love in its maximum manifestation, which is Jesus, is the philosophy of the LGW. Jesus said, “Love one another as I have loved you.” This is the Law of Social Solidarity.  “Jesus, the most complete expression of Love of all times in Humanity, is the greatest religious figure, the greatest legislator, the greatest jurist, the greatest politician, the greatest economist, the greatest sociologist, the greatest philosopher, as well as the greatest scientist, the greatest ecologist, the greatest sportsman, the greatest sexologist, and so on” (Extracted from “The Philosophy of the Legion of Good Will”, by Paiva Netto, article published in the first volume of the Spiritual Guidelines of the LGW, 7th edition, page 31).

So that the real solutions of all the human problems – from the simplest to the most complex - be found, it is necessary to have Love in the heart. This sacred feeling is what moves the Legion of Good Will. It derives ethical, moral, social and spiritual values that guide the programs and actions of support to the least favored populations.