After starting as a pilot program with 150 children in Toronto, Canada 15 years ago, Roots of Empathy has now spread across Canada and around the world. More than 47,000 children participated in Canada in the past school year. There are programs in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, and Germany. Roots of Empathy is just now taking off in the United States, with a program in Seattle and new ones launching in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area in the fall.
