The beginning of Lasallian education dates back to 1680 when John Baptist de La Salle founded the De La Salle Order. He began by recruiting teachers to teach in parish schools which were free for children of the artisans and the poor. He inspires a sense of identity, of mission. Working as a team, they form a community and call themselves BROTHERS and dedicated their lives to teaching the neglected and the deprived. The dream was for social change, to touch the youthful heart and to harness its creative forces for a culture of compassion, of service. This Lasallian charism takes firm root and soon spreads out across the globe.