Noah – I am a Man
To mark World Poetry Day on 21 March, this is a video of a member of Freedom from Torture’s creative writing group, Write to Life, reciting a poem screened in Guildhall Square – the heart of Portsmouth city...
World Down Syndrome Day
Million people have Down Syndrome (2013). John Langdon Down, a British doctor fully describes the syndrome. An extra copy of this chromosome causes Down Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed on March 21. On this day, people with Down syndrome and those...
International Day of Nowruz
Year of first United Nations observance. Million people celebrate their first day of spring. Years of known history and celebrations. International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 2010, at the...
International Day of Forests
Million acres of forests are lost each year, an area roughly the size of England. % Of all terrestrial biodiversity is embraced by forests. Billion of the world's poorest people rely on forests. The International Day of Forests was established on the 21st day of...
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
on this day 69 people were massacred at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, Apartheid is finally abolished in South Africa. Theme is "Racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration". The International Day...Read more“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
– Thomas Aquinas