Randy Taran

A Brief History

Project Happiness began as a film project. After the cameras stopped rolling, Randy Taran founded Project Happiness a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization to bring students and participants together and reflect on the extraordinary journey they had just completed. The goal was to make happiness possible for all. The outcome was a 195 page student handbook with over 70 exercises for kids by kids. A facilitator’s guide was added to enhance the student handbook and together these became the Project Happiness Curriculum and it is transforming lives.

The curriculum is being used in many settings; an affluent high school in Silicon Valley devastated by 3 suicides in just the past year, in an elementary school in San Francisco’s gang-war epicenter, and in international cites like Nepal, Guatemala, India and Nigeria. Over 1,500 students across the globe are learning to use compassion & kindness in conjunction with math & science to shape a happier healthier future.

Happiness is contagious!

Project Happiness is dedicated to empowering individuals to create authentic happiness through innovative education, digital media, and the arts. We are leading a movement of people of all ages and backgrounds committed to choosing happier healthier lives.

Combining timeless wisdom with the best positive psychology and neuro-scientific research, our programs inspire individual to begin the journey of self-discovery.

Your happiness impacts the world in ways you might have never imagined—A happy world beings with a happy you.

Project Happiness is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information on becoming part of the movement, please contact us. If not now, when?