Each Year ACR celebrates Conflict Resolution Day the third Thursday of October This year it is October 17, 2024 Our logo of the tree was designed as a symbol to celebrate growth in Conflict Resolution. The first year, start small, but just like the tree the seeds you plant one […]
International Day of Families – 15 May 2024
2024 Theme: Families and Climate Change Climate change negatively impacts the health and well-being of families through increased pollution, while extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change, such as hurricanes, droughts and floods, often lead to forced displacement and loss of livelihoods for families and individuals. Such events impact agricultural productivity […]
Siblings Day – 10 April
It would be difficult to contest the fact that the bond between siblings is extra-special! Especially because many of them have spent most of their entire lives together. Many people can’t even remember a time when their siblings weren’t part of their lives. Some of them even shared a womb […]
Rare Disease Day – 28 February
28 February 2018 will be the eleventh international Rare Disease Day coordinated by EURORDIS. On and around this day hundreds of patient organisations from countries and regions all over the world will hold awareness-raising activities. What is a Rare Disease? A rare disease, also referred to as an orphan disease, […]
World Alzheimer’s day – 27 September
”Alzheimer’s disease is the cleverest thief, because she not only steals from you, but she steals the very thing you need to remember what’s been stolen.” ~Jarod Kintz Millions of families struggle with challenges due to Alzheimer’s disease. The world lights up purple on World Alzheimer’s day, a day dedicated […]
World Humanitarian Aid Day – 19 August
World Humanitarian Aid (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world. 2017 WHD campaign: #NotATarget Around the world, conflict is exacting a massive toll on […]
World Day Against Hunger – 15 June
What is Hunger Everyone feels hungry on a daily basis. Most people are able to satisfy this craving and need. Even if not immediately, they can count on having a meal or snack within hours. This is not the type of hunger that Bread is concerned with. People who suffer […]
World AIDS Orphans Day – 7 May
Children orphaned by AIDS are just a fraction of the problem, as millions more have been made vulnerable. Behind the statistics are millions of stories of human suffering. The AIDS crisis has a catastrophic impact on households and communities – deepening poverty and exacerbating hardships. More than 95 percent of children […]
World AIDS Orphans Day – 7 May
Fifth World AIDS Orphans Day: Tens of “Circles of Hope” are created worldwide by young people to remind governments of the objectives set in 2001, when they signed the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Children orphaned by AIDS are just a fraction of the problem, as millions more […]