Category: Special Days
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International Literacy Day
Literacy is much more than an educational priority – it is the ultimate investment in the future …. We wish to see a century where every child is able to read and to use this skill to gain autonomy Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General In 1966, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed…
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Happy Birthday to the guy who never forgot our Birthdays!
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks -Mark Zuckerberg – Today marks the 37th born-day of a magnificent person who undoubtedly changed the course of human lives. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American internet entrepreneur…
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Give DANCE a Chance!
“People reflect each other constantly, but when they dance, perhaps what they reflect most is that moment of honesty.” Dance! Something we all love to do. We are living in a world where there are no gatherings without the performing art form, Dance. So why not celebrate it by giving more attention to it? International…
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තුරන් වී ගිය මැලේරියා රකුසාට – ඉඩ නොදෙමු යලි නැගිටින්න
ලෝක මැලේරියා දිනය සෑම වර්ශයකම අප්රේල් 25 වන දින ගෝලීය වශයෙන් සමරනු ලබන ජාත්යන්තර සැමරීමකි. Reaching the zero target තේමාවෙන් සැමරෙන මෙවර ලෝක මැලේරියා දිනයේ මූලික අරමුණ වන්නේ මැලේරියාව තුරන් කිරිමේ ඉලක්කයට ලගාවීමයි. 2001 වර්ශයේ සිට සැමරෙන අප්රිකානු මැලේරියා දිනය 2007 වර්ශයේදි ලෝක සෞඛ්ය සංවිධානයේ යෝජනාවකට අනුව 2008 වසරේ සිට ජාත්යන්තර මැලේරියා දිනය නමින් ප්රකාශයට…
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Green over Greed
Celebrated on the 22nd of April, Earth Day is an annual event focused on showing support for environmental protection. This year marks its 51st anniversary. This year Earth Day will be celebrated from 20 – 22 April following the theme ‘Restore Our Earth’ featuring five programs; The Canopy Project, Food and Environment, the Global Earth…
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World Creativity and Innovation Day 2021
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. -Scott Adams- Creativity is completely different than insanity. Insanity is doing the same thing, the same way, over and over, while expecting different results. Sometimes people adhere insanity believing that its creativity, thus generating a negative outcome. However, the above…
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ආරෝග්යා පරමා ලාභා
ලෝක සෞඛ්ය දිනය සෑම වසරකම අප්රේල් 7 වන දින ලෝක සෞඛ්ය සංවිධානයේ මෙන්ම අනෙකුත් ආශ්රිත සංවිධානවල අනුග්රහය යටතේ සමරනු ලබන ගෝලීය සෞඛ්ය දැනුවත් කිරීමේ දිනයකි. 1948 දී ලෝක සෞඛ්ය සංවිධානය පළමු ලෝක සෞඛ්ය සමුළුව පැවැත්වීය. ලෝක සෞඛ්ය දිනය ලෝක සෞඛ්ය සංවිධානයේ ආරම්භය සනිටුහන් කිරීම සඳහා පවත්වනු ලබන අතර සෑම වසරකම ගෝලීය සෞඛ්යයට විශාල වැදගත්කමක් ඇති…
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The Resurrection is our hope!
Jesus performed many miracles in his time on earth. Yet one miracle became the firm foundation for the religion called Christianity. It is the resurrection of Jesus. Christians all around the world believe this miracle with the help of the Holy Bible. Many scientists, historians, and scholars also witness the resurrection of Christ. Without the…
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There is no cure but there are treatments
Autism is a disorder that is affecting more and more people everyday. This condition usually occurs around the age of 2-3 years. This condition can be diagnosed around 18 months of age if the child shows developmental delays. However, tests have shown that early detection of this disorder can lead to positive results later on.…
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“Father, forgive them”
This is one of the seven words uttered by Jesus while he was hanging on the cross. Dear readers, “Jesus was hanging between heaven and earth. Only three nails were holding him together with the cross. His body was like a plowed land because of all the scouring. A crown made of thorns was pressing…
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The Clock is ticking…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which affects and destroys the normal lungs. Although it is a disease that can be cured with proper treatment, 10 million people worldwide suffer from tuberculosis and 1.5 million die annually from it. As this is a globally endangered disease, March 24 is not just…
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The ocean, our climate and weather
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” – Happy World Meteorological day! World Meteorological Day was established in 1961 to commemorate the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) inauguration. The WMO was established on the 23rd…
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ජීවයයි ජලය ජීවිතේ
“අහසින් වැටෙන එක් ජල බිඳක් හෝ ප්රයෝජනයට නොගෙන මුහුදට නොයයව්” –මහා පරාක්රමබාහු රජු– ජල සම්පත මහත් ගරුත්වයෙන් සැලකූ දේශයක් ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකාව අනාදිමත් කාලයක සිට ජල සම්පාදනය කළමනාකරණය සහ සුරකෂිතතාව සම්බන්ධව සුවිශේෂ අවධානයකින් කටයුතු කොට ඇත. එමෙන්ම නවමු ජල සංරක්ෂණය සංකල්ප වඩාත් දියුණු කරමින් ජනතාවට ප්රතිලාභ සැලසූ විශිෂ්ට වාරි ඉතිහාසයක් අප රට තුළ තිබුණි. එහෙත්…
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A blessing in disguise
Being unique and different is a part of what makes every one of us special. Being different is good. But not always. Imagine being born as an ordinary human yet with a different appearance than usual. You see the world as it is, but the world perceives you to be different. This is the exceptional…
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Celebrate HAPPINESS!
The general assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 20th March as the International day of happiness. This is to celebrate the importance of happiness in the lives of people around the world. The UN launched 17 sustainable development goals, which seek to end poverty, reduce inequality, and protect our planet (three key aspects that lead…
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