JOINT EFFORTS Promoting Cultures and Recognising Artistic & Scholastic Endeavours: The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media - WAALM Founded by the Dorbayanis in Feb 2005. It supports, develops, and promotes the dramatic and fine arts, creative writing and poetry, as well as professional journalism and media productions. WAALM regularly identifies and rewards excellence, inspires practitioners, and benefits the public, by means of an awarding event.   As a nonprofit, independent and secular organisation, WAALM promotes cross-cultural activities and humanitarian efforts. To find out more click HERE       Standing for Cultural Diplomacy:   WAALM – School of Cultural Diplomacy   After the success story of WAALM Event of 2008 and its remarkable achievements in promoting Cultural Diplomacy, WAALM Founders (the Dorbayanis) have decided to form the first ever School of Cultural Diplomacy to assist turning interested individuals and Organisations into true Cultural Diplomats.   WAALM – School of Cultural Diplomacy currently offers further and continuing education through distance learning.   It provides educational supports and grants scholarship to less privileged countries. The School allocated one of its five departments for Human Rights and Peace education.   Each department is led by a team of highly acclaimed WAALM award winning Scholars and a selected Adjunct Professors from the most renowned universities and institutions around the world. WAALM – School of Cultural Diplomacy is an extension of WAALM, a secular, independent, non-governmental organisation and belongs to no political party or pressure group. To find out more click HERE     Advocating Human Rights Education & Promoting The UDHR:   How to defend your rights, if you don’t know them?   Human rights are based on the principle of respect for the individual and the fundamental assumption that every person is a moral and rational being who deserves to be treated with dignity. They are called human rights because they are universal. Whereas nations or specialized groups enjoy specific rights that apply only to them, human rights apply to everyone.     By survey, most people have only a limited understanding of human rights. When asked to name their rights, many will list freedom of speech, belief and perhaps one or two others (actually 3 out of 30 Rights on average). There is no question these are important rights, but the full scope of human rights is far more comprehensive.   An individual who does not know their rights is not able to defend or demand them. Hence, education, and action, is vital in order to truly implement human rights.    As Ambassadors for Human Rights Education to several organisations, the Dorbayanis actively and voluntarily promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and educate youths and adults on their 30 Human Rights.   They raise the public awareness through a simple one to one session, to a large international conference; from conducting an art contest, to producing TV shows; from US to UK, to Central Europe and Middle East, everywhere they go, the promotion of Human Rights education is in their agenda. In their mission, they apply learning materials that are freely available and developed by the United Nations, Amnesty International and United for Human Rights.    They see the promotion of Human Rights awareness as their obligations towards humanity and they invite you to join the efforts too. They invite you to take actions by first learning your rights and then uniting and joining Human Rights organisations effective in safeguarding the articles of the Universal Declaration.     Empowering Conferences:   International ‘Empower’ Conference Series   It is one of the major international projects that the Dorbayanis are patiently involved with and strive to develop.   The International Empower Conference Series are conducted to:   - Provide in-depth insights on various strategic topics on global issues; - Promote cultural diplomacy, peace and human rights education; - Facilitate academic, cultural and business networking. International Empower Conference Series are non-for-profit and they are organised predominantly to assist the empowerment of less privileged countries. For more information click HERE