Diwali (English pronunciation: /dɪwɑːli/) also called Divali, Deepavali or the "festival of lights", is a five-day Hindu festival which starts on Dhanteras, celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna paksha (dark fortnight) of the Hindu calendar month Ashwin and ends on Bhaubeej, celebrated on the second lunar day of Shukla paksha of the Hindu calendar month Kartik. Dhanteras usually falls eighteen days after Dussehra. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali falls between mid-October and … [Read more...]
Celebrating Diwali around the globe!
October 23, 2014 by Team Celebration
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UN celebrating 69 years Oct 24 th!
October 23, 2014 by Team Celebration
The United Nations will turn 69 years old on Friday, and as the world confronts numerous "problems without passports" – from climate change to terrorism to disease outbreaks – its work is as important as ever. Each of us has a role to play in supporting the UN's work to promote global peace and progress. Yesterday, UN officials including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, members of the UN Foundation Board of Directors, diplomats, advocates, business leaders, and other partners came together at … [Read more...]
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Celebrating Behaviour Strats, Marnee Buckles
October 22, 2014 by Team Celebration
Are you working with a difficult child with or without a diagnosis? Are you waiting for an assessment but need help immediately to work with the difficult child in your life? Are you overwhelmed with the number of strategies you have researched and don’t know where to turn next? Marnee, the Behaviour Interventionist on our team, has worked for over 30 years in education, and is trained in instructing Crisis Prevention Intervention. She has delivered workshops to staff and developed … [Read more...]
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UN Women National Committee Canada celebrates HeForShe
October 19, 2014 by Team Celebration
Dear supporters of UN Women and UN Women National Committee Canada I am pleased to announce the launch of the global HeForShe campaign, a movement that transcends class, race or gender. The HeForShe Campaign is a solidarity movement for gender equality developed by UN Women to engage men and boys as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender equality and women's rights. The campaign encourages them to speak out and take action against inequalities faced by women and girls. … [Read more...]
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Celebrating World Food Day, October 16
October 16, 2014 by Team Celebration
World Food Day was first held on 16 Oct 1981. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations marks World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. HISTORY BY YEAR Family Farming is the focus of World Food Day 2014 Program at Head Quarters, Oct. 16, 2014, NYC The 2014 World Food Day theme - Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth” - has been chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder … [Read more...]
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Celebrating Sixty with a Mission, Todd Hewitt
October 16, 2014 by Team Celebration
Turning sixty is the day which makes most people realize that they are inching closer towards retirement. This is why sixtieth birthdays are all about celebrating the beginning of the end of life’s hectic years. No one knows that better than Reginald Todd Hewitt, Founder and Executive Director of a not for profit organization established for one of his daughters whom he lost suddenly in 2009 of a rare viral disease called Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML). At a time when … [Read more...]
Lillian’s Story: Abducted at 13 by LRA, Uganda
October 15, 2014 by Team Celebration
Lillian’s Story of Abduction Lillian was abducted by the LRA when she was only 13 years old. The year was 1998. She was living in Pajuele village in the Kitgum District of northern Uganda with her family. Many from her village had gathered to sleep together in a single house for fear of being abducted. She was lying with her parents on the crowded floor when she awoke from sleep and suddenly became aware that many soldiers were at the door. They kicked the door in and began ordering … [Read more...]
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International Day of Rural Women, OCT 15
October 15, 2014 by Team Celebration
15 October is the International Day of Rural Women! #Ruralwomen play a catalytic role in the achievement of transformational economic, environmental and social change. UN Women calls for action on the glaring inequality of women in the agricultural workforce and is developing programmes that empower rural women worldwide. Get stories and facts from our #Beijing20 package on women and poverty HERE. The last few years have seen historic achievements in reducing the number of people who … [Read more...]
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FIX IT IN FIVER, Global Brain Health, Globally!, Lynette Louise
October 14, 2014 by Team Celebration
Global Brain Health, Globally! by Lynette Louise aka THE BRAIN BROAD When people ask me why I created the non scripted TV show FIX IT IN FIVE with THE BRAIN BROAD, my answer is simple: I wanted to get around the mental health confidentiality restrictions that were preventing me from convincing people just how simple healing can be. It seemed logical to me that since I raised my children as a performer, bringing cameras along to work would be easier for me than for most therapists. And if … [Read more...]
OCT 25, National Day of Unity – Australia
October 14, 2014 by Team Celebration
Muslim, Christian and Jewish faith leaders gathered together on Wednesday to collectively denouce Islamophobia, in response to growing reports of religious discrimination and violence against members of the Muslim community. The leaders declared a "National Day of Unity" on October 25, and announced the joining of their two separate initiatives - the National Open Mosque Day and the Walk Together event - which coincide on the day. "We're encouraging people to go and visit a mosque to … [Read more...]
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Anti-Slavery Day celebrated, creating awareness OCT 18
October 13, 2014 by Team Celebration
People with slaves? They don't know how to behave, so let's demonstrate ... Anti Slavery Day 18 October 2014 What do you think when you hear Anti Slavery Day? That slavery is something of the past? It should be, yet it's still rife in many parts of the world. Slavery has existed almost as long as human beings themselves, having been recorded as far back as the fifth century BC. Many people were treated as dogs - locked in chains around their hands, feet and even their necks. … [Read more...]
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OCT 16, Neale’s 75-Minute Online Seminar, Discover How To . . .
October 11, 2014 by Team Celebration
Discover the secret to a life without stress or struggle If you're struggling in any area of your life right now . . . I want you to know that until I began my conversations with God, my life was a struggle, too. And now I know that all the struggle—all the frustration and anger and despair—was caused by the fact that I felt separated from, and at times even abandoned by . . . God. You may already know that part of my story, of the years when I was injured, broke and … [Read more...]
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Empowering Adolescent Girls
October 11, 2014 by Team Celebration
"We must create a world where violence against women & girls is never tolerated" 2014 Theme: Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child+, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. In recognition of the importance of investing in and empowering girls during adolescence and preventing … [Read more...]
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Malala Yousafzai, #NobelPeacePrize 2014
October 10, 2014 by Team Celebration
LIVE STREAMING from the press conference with Malala Yousafzai, #NobelPeacePrize 2014. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education campaigner shot on school bus in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, has won the 2014 Nobel peace prize. Malala won along with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist. The two were named winner of the £690,000 (8m kronor or $1.11m) prize by the chairman of the Nobel committee - Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjoern Jagland - on Friday … [Read more...]
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PETITION, Canadian Women on Bank of Canada Notes
October 10, 2014 by Team Celebration
Bank of Canada: Add women from Canadian history to Canadian bank notes When Mark Carney was governor of the Bank of Canada, the Bank decided to remove the images of the first notable Canadian women who finally made it onto our bank notes. While Queen Elizabeth II appears on $20 notes, the result is that there are again no women from Canadian history on our bills. It is unacceptable that female historical figures are not featured on the Polymer Series or another series - just male prime … [Read more...]
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