Liveable Planet Earth: Working Together for a Peaceful World
Oct 16, 2020
London, Oct 15, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - World Humanitarian Drive (WHD) and APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation hosted a Global webinar session "Liveable Planet Earth - Working Together for a Peaceful World" on October 15th 2020, 9 to 10 AM IST. With His Holiness The Dalai Lama, as the event Chief Guest, it was held on the occasion of the 89th birthday celebration of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India.
The Chief Guest, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, enlightened the audience on the significance of a peaceful world. Global participants, included students from Croydon: Sacha Dil Devincenzi, Age 13, Year 9 from Oasis Academy Croydon, who asked virtually to HH. Dalai Lama "How can we, as students get through this Coronavirus Pandemic spiritually and mentally, as well as help others?" Another student Aiden Clark, Age 12 Year 8- Oasis Academy Croydon, UK, asked HH. Dalai Lama "How do you stay at peace when there is so much hurt in the world?"
Millions of people around the world watched this event with excitement and were inspired by the spiritual wisdom of HH. Dalai Lama, style of answering. In total 8 questions were posted by students from different countries. The students and their parents thanked WHD for offering this once in a lifetime opportunity for Croydon children to be on a world stage and speaking to a well-respected World Leader as HH Dalai Lama revered by millions including Barack Obama and considered by many Heads of State and global leaders as their own inspiration.
This webinar session promoted peace and spirituality in order to foster global peace and unity. WHD continues to take more efforts in working towards peace around the world. By campaigning globally through events such as this, it urges the United Nations to declare 2nd of September the end date of WW2 as "World Moral Day". In so doing, the world would learn from its past mistakes and build a moral world for a better future. Webcasts were made available in 14 different languages, including Tibetan, Chinese, Hindi, Vietnamese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Mongolian, French and Italian.
World Humanitarian Drive (WHD) is an International NGO founded in Croydon, the U.K. by British Indian Global Peace activist, Entrepreneur, Writer, Dr. Abdul Basit Syed. The primary vision of WHD is to promote Peace, Education and Trade Harmony initiatives globally.
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