International Mother Earth Day
Year of first observance. Million is the estimated total number of species on Earth. Theme is "Environmental & Climate Literacy". International Mother Earth Day was established in 2009, by the General Assembly under Resolution A/RES/63/278. The...
International Day of Human Space Flight
4th Oct, the first human-made Earth satellite Sputnik I was launched into outer space. 12th April, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to orbit the Earth. 16th June, Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to orbit the Earth. The General Assembly, in its...
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
Year of first observance. The Rwanda genocide lasted for a period of only 3 months. Thousand people were killed. The United Nations (UN) has named April 7 as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide. This day commemorates the deaths of 800,000...Let the Devil Sleep: Rwanda 20 Years After Genocide
Let the Devil Sleep is the story of four individual’s unlikely journey of confession, forgiveness and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. The Rwanda genocide of 1994 saw people murdered at a scale and at a speed not seen since World War II. Approximately one...Read more“In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda”
– Kofi Annan
Jean Paul Samputu on Music and Forgiveness | 20 Years After the Genocide
Twenty years ago, Rwandan musician Jean Paul Samputu was one of the few members of his immediate family who was not killed during the genocide. Here, he speaks with us about his journey to survive, to forgive and to begin again. Music was critical to him finding his...
World Health Day
Year of first observance. Over 3 million people die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year. Over 16 million people die prematurely each year from diseases linked to lifestyle choices. The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on...WHO: Healthy ageing — adding life to years
For the first time in human history, the world will soon have more older people than children. The human race is ageing and we are unprepared. Unless we change the way we think and act about ageing, we will miss the opportunity to age in good health and to build a...
