World Laughter Pledge: Change the World with Laughter

Tenth Ethiopia National Laughter Day - 27th October 2012!

2012-01-20T13:33:00.000Z

Lets celebrate in Addia Ababa this year! People from around the world, come together for peace and laughter. Lets bring diplomats together to embrace laughter as their diplomacy pass key, and bring laughter professionals together to share knowledge, and all people together to embrace laughter and love. Email me !

9th Ethiopia National Laughter Day

2011-10-31T08:29:00.001Z

Celebrations with 6,000 people at Gondar University on 29th October!

The Laughter Song

2011-08-02T15:08:00.001+01:00

First there was a chuckle, Something stirred inside,
The laughter grew and grew until I nearly split my sides,
Now I chortle, chuckle, giggle, I guffaw and howl with glee:
For I can feel the happiness that is in me!
And so I’ve come to take my place,
I collect things which amuse me, which put a smile on my face,
I do random acts of kindness, I’m always complimentary,
And I cope with stress by adding a haha hoho teehee!

First outing in Frankfurt with the Hahas project, April 2011, and then with Laughter Network July 2011. Copyright Robin Graham

World Laughter Day in Delhi with Dr Santosh

2011-06-10T14:46:00.008+01:00

World Laughter Day was celebrated with more than 2000 people in Japanese Park Rohini, Delhi at 6.30am! Attendees included members of the Delhi Laughter Club, their families and friends, and morning walkers! Dr Santosh Sahi delivered Dr Kataria's message of World Peace and Brotherhood.

HAHAs in Frankfurt

2011-04-10T13:21:00.001+01:00

Look out for the Laughter Yoga hit squad in Frankfurt on Thursday 14th May!!!!

UK LAUGHTER FESTIVAL & CHAMPIONSHIPS - Manchester 2012

2011-03-16T13:15:00.011Z

Inspired by the Olympic Games in London in 2012, Matthis Roos of the HAHAs project, in association with World Laughter Pledge and the UK Laughter Network announce the a week of laughter events which will be held in Manchester in the early part of the Summer of 2012.

It has the blessing of Dr Madan Kataria and Laughter Yoga International!

What might it contain? Send ideas and suggestions to this page! Or contact me at robin@robingraham.co.uk

Lets get the whole world using laughter to feel happier, to be healthier, to build community spirit and to reduce levels of stress in our lives.

"Laughter is a Diplomacy Pass Key" - World Laughter Master Belachew Girma (Ethiopia)
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hthh://www.laughter World Laughter Day 2011 1st May everywhere!

2011-01-23T14:01:00.004Z

Dr Santosh writes: I celebrated World Laughter Day 2010 in Leh, Ladakh (Boarder of India and Tibet). Here are a few photos. Smiling with young Lama, (Lamas and Monks believe in meditation and stillness, so there are big smiles only); Laughter dance with Leh Youth Club; Laughing with locals in Spic and Span Hotel.

This year celebrate wherever you are with a laugh or a chuckle, with friends or alone, and know that you are part of a world wide wave of laughter (hthh://www.laughter = hteeheehee://WorldWideWave of laughter)

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Ethiopia National Laughter Day 2010

2011-01-19T16:41:00.016Z

We celebrated this year in Nazret, central Ethiopia, just east of Addis Ababa.

We were treated to a speech from the South African consul, and visit from laughter facilitator Sarah and her son Ciaras (who is 14) from Scotland.

A presentation was made of a painting by Jessica from England who is 19 and who has been hospitalised, who uses laughter as an inspiration. See the youtube clip : http://www.youtube.com/user/mywriter?feature=mhum#p/u/0/Ndk5pIunQXE

Thanks go to the many supporters and sponsors including: Impact Computers, Yes Mineral Water, Archi Hotel Addis Ababa, Gift Real Estate, Dire International Hotel Nazret, Haset Wholesalers, Holland Car (for the big bus!), and others "showing a commitment to the power of laughter to help increase help and happiness and be a diplomacy pass key to bring people together", said World Laughter Master Belachew Girma.

World Laughter Day

2010-06-28T13:22:00.004+01:00

We celebrated World Laughter Day in 2010 on May 2nd. In Manchester we laughed in The Manchester Museum! Tell us about your own experiences!

Dr Santosh writes...

2009-11-25T14:14:00.001Z

I took 10 days of Laughter Yoga sessions with NCC Cadets in Jamia Malia University in Delhi, it was a wonderful experience and would like to share some photos,
all the children and officers enjoyed very much.

Morning Laughter

2009-11-11T19:23:00.005Z

With thanks to Roland from the Coalition Of Joy

Hope and laughter uniting joyfully!

2009-11-06T10:44:00.006Z

Saturday 31st October 2009, Awasa, Southern Ethiopia: Finn Glendon, Robin Graham and World Laughter Master Belachew Girma relaunched the World Laughter Pledge at the Ethiopia National Laughter Day celebrations. 1000 people from all parts of Ethiopian life came together to enjoy laughter for peace and joy, and for enabling social change: the elderly, people living with HIV, people with disabilities, children and university students, athletes, politicians, the homeless including street children, and other townsfolk.

Laughter in Mexico

2009-10-26T08:31:00.002Z

Laughter in Mexico (thanks Patty!)

Supporters around the world!

2009-10-23T19:04:00.004+01:00

The map now shows supporters in 21 countries.... and its only been up a couple of days! Some people have said that they will laugh every day, and some will laugh every saturday morning. The wave has begun! :)

Dr Kataria supports the WLP

2009-10-20T20:49:00.007+01:00

Dr Kataria supports the World Laughter Pledge.

It based in the principles of Laughter For No Reason - no reason except that it is good for us, good for our body and our mind and our spirit!

Dr Kataria is founder of Laughter Yoga International and the Laughter Club movement.

WLP set up with a deed of trust

2009-10-20T20:44:00.003+01:00

The World Laughter Pledge has been set up as a trust, with trustees Robin Graham, Abena Agyeman and Ben Wallace. We are based in Manchester, UK.

We have been accepted as a charity for tax purposes by the UK Customs and Revenue (ref XT19725).

IAHV supports the World Laughter Pledge

2009-10-20T20:40:00.001+01:00

I am thrilled that IAHV officially give their support to this project. IAHV is a major international NGO working on community service projects around the world.

Relaunching the World Laughter Pledge DAILY!

2009-09-24T08:16:00.000+01:00

After a year growing and experimenting with times of day, we will relaunch the World Laughter Pledge as a DAILY LAUGH.

We invite you to laugh, sometimes alone and sometimes with others, as a way of starting your morning!

If we start the day with a laugh, our day will have more smiles.

The physiological changes will occur, helping us feel happier, more able to deal with challenges, and also boost our health.

We have heard from people in almost 40 countries who are laughing with the pledge. Now is the time to make this grow!

Thank you to those who have joined us in our first year! Now lets continue to spread the joy and peace around the world.

Launching the World Laughter Wave 9am every Saturday

2009-01-24T14:26:00.000Z

For 2009, we invite people to laugh at 9am local time wherever they are, every Saturday, and we will send a laughter wave around the world!

Anyone can join in, on their own or with other people. Chuckle for seconds or minutes!

We are making a list of at least one person in each country who pledges to join in every Saturday: if you'd like to be the named person in your country, email robin@writelaugh.co.uk

We want at least 25 countries by April 1st! (Until then we are also laughing at 1pm GMT!)

2009 New Year laughter in Manchester!

2008-12-31T15:05:00.000Z

Come laugh with us in Manchester at Piccadilly Gardens 1pm on 3rd and 10th January!

Robin's laughter locations October to November

2008-10-10T19:30:00.000+01:00

Robin will be laughing:

October 11th: Walsall Art Gallery
October 18th: South Kensington, London
October 25th: Manchester
November 1st: To be confirmed: it is Ethiopia Laughter Day today!
November 15th: Herne Hill London
November 22nd: Middlesborough Mind Body Spirit Fair
November 29th: Warsaw Poland
December 6th: Manchester Piccadilly Station

For details contact me on robin@writelaugh.co.uk

Laughing in India!!!

2008-10-10T19:27:00.001+01:00

Come and laugh with Dr. Santosh Sahi and her friends at 18.30 local time

September 6th; * Chinmaya Vanprash Sansathan (CVP) Delhi : * Kastubha Balika Yidyala (KBV) Ishwar Nagar New Delhi

September 13th; KBV Ishwar Nagar New Delhi : Janak Sewa Simiti ( JSS) Old people home , Faridabad, Haryana

September 20th; KBV Iswar Nagar Delhi : JSS Faridabad, Haryana B.K. OM SHANTI RETREAT CENRE, Gurgaon, Near Delhi

September 27th; KBV Ishwar Nagar Delhi : JSS Faridabad, Haryana Senior Citizen Forun West Delhi, to celebrate International Day of Older People which falls on 1st of October.

October 4th Rishi Kesh, on the banks of river Ganges, Uttanachal,

October 11th KBV Ishwara Nagar

For more information contact Dr. Santosh Sahi M 98109 31540,
E-mail drssahi@gmail.com

Malaysia is laughing!

2008-10-10T19:24:00.001+01:00

Keith Rocchi in KK is a Malaysia World Laugher for World Laughter Pledge and will be laughing every Saturday at 1pm GMT

Dr Kataria supports WLP

2008-10-06T16:57:00.000+01:00

Dr Kataria came to London and we laughed together! Dr Kataria supports the World Laughter Pledge!

Poland in November

2008-09-04T10:26:00.000+01:00

Come and laugh in Warsaw! 29th November. Contact me for more details. robin@writelaugh.co.uk

Laugh with us in the UK

2008-09-01T08:33:00.000+01:00

Come and laugh with Robin and friends at 1pm GMT:

September 6th: Whitby, Yorkshire
September 13th: Mill Hill, London
September 20th: Bootle, Merseyside
September 27th: Herne Hill, London
October 4th: Manchester
October 11th: Walsall
October 18th: South Kensington, London

For details contact me on robin@writelaugh.co.uk

Belachew and Robin on BBC 5 live

2008-08-28T10:05:00.001+01:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d3kk4

interview starts 2 hours 21 minutes into the programme.... available this week....

World Laughter Pledge

2008-08-28T10:00:00.000+01:00

1pm GMT every Saturday

Remember how you feel after a good laugh?
Now imagine how the world would feel if we all laughed together!
So let’s do it! Every Saturday. Across the World! 1pm GMT!
Let’s change the World with laughter!

World Laughter Master, Belachew Girma (Ethiopia), world record holder for continuous laughter, and World Laugher, Robin Graham (UK), co-Founder of The Laughter Network, give you our word that every Saturday at 1pm GMT we will chuckle together and we will cross this world with laughter.

Laughter is a gift. We can laugh ourselves happier and we can laugh ourselves healthier. And it is free. It only needs us to make the choice.We can use our laughter to help us deal with stress: and although we can’t laugh away our problems, laughter gives us greater clarity, creativity and calmness to enable us to face up to them more effectively.

And laughter is the diplomacy pass key. With genuine laughter we can communicate more openly. Laughter can bring love and peace.

Starting on Saturday 30th August, we invite you to join us wherever you are, to have people laughing joyfully across the World. Join us for a few seconds or a few minutes as close to 1pm GMT as you can!

Dr Santosh in India!

2008-08-28T09:19:00.000+01:00

Dr Santosh writes from Delhi:

Dear Robin and Belachew

Congratulations, we have done it ,200 plus girls of Kasturbha Gandhi Balika Vidiayala Hostel participated in World Laughter Pledge on 30. August 2008 5.30pm GMT India ( 1 pm GMT UK). We laughed for half an hour. Girls ages between 10-19years. They all enjoyed very much. They would love to laugh every week, I need permission from their warden.

My twin grand daughters, Samara And Yuvana four and half years old joined me and laughed for few minutes. I sent about 20 E-, mails to different friends, I am sure some of them must have joined us. A few photos are attached and a few more will follow.

Happy Laughing.

Love and Light.

Santosh

Dr. Santosh Sahi
President- Women Health Care Organization