We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to achieve their full potential in life. We provide basic necessities to the neediest children and women, including food, shelter, educationand medical assistance. Operation Shanti's first efforts in India were organized around helping families who were living on the streets of Mysore. On a daily basis, Operation Shanti volunteers provided meals and medical assistance to those living on the street. This became Project Street over time. Over the next two years, Operation Shanti began to provide housing and financial support for families, and educational opportunities for children so that they could go to school rather than working or begging in the streets. In 2006 and 2007, Operation Shanti placed several of the street children in a locally respected boarding school, getting them off the street.