World No Tobacco Day

Did you know? - Every second one person dies from a tobacco-related disease.- In the United States, over 20% of all deaths are from tobacco.- Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical.- In th...

World Day for Cultural Diversity

As popular the notion of virtual reality bringing the world together is there is something more that keeps the world and the people together. That thing is cultural diversity. In November, 2001 th...

International Day of Human Space Flight

On 12 April, 1961 Yuri Gagarin shot off to space to become the first human to fly to space opening numerous pathways and possibilities for space exploration.To remember the first human spaceflight,...

Earth Hour – Time to Save the Planet

When the first light-off took place in Sydney, Australia in 2007, no one could have believed that this WWF (World Wildlife Federation) sponsored movement against global warming will go global. The ...

Celebrating a Day of Happiness

Happiness is a blurry emotion, because there is no one definition to it. It means different things to different people. And although everyday should be one filled with happiness at every curve, it ...

International Day for Tolerance

Jessica Lange once said, “Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons”. When the UN General Assembly gathered the UN Member States in 1996 to pen 16 November as the I...

International Day of the Girl Child 2014

What started as a “Because I Am a Girl” project of a non-governmental organization called Plan International, churned enough results to convince Canadian Federal government for support. They in tur...

Human Rights Day

Today is #HumanRightsDay! Human Rights Day Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, without distinction of any kind, such...

International Anti-Corruption Day 2013

International Anti-Corruption Day ‘Zero Corruption - 100% Development’ is the theme for the International Anti-Corruption Day held on 9 December. Corruption is a serious crime that can undermi...