'By 2020, more than 140 million girls will have become child brides' – UN ... if we do not Take Action NOW !!! March 2013 – If current child marriage rates continue, more than 140 million girls will become child brides between 2011 and 2020, the United Nations said today, warning that little progress has been made towards ending this harmful practice. Of these 140 million girls, 50 million will be under the age of 15, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which added that … [Read more...]
Too YOUNG to WED – End Child Marriage/slavery!
November 2, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CA-- USES, CHILDCARE, MIDDLE EAST, Uncategorized, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Chad, Change NOW, child brides, child marriage, End Child Marriage/slavery!, Guinea, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, NIGER, South Sudan, Take Action, the Central African Republic, TOO YOUNG TO WED, TOO YOUNG TO WED - Take Action
World Leprosy Day (Jan 27) – Reaching Out in Love
January 26, 2013 by Team Celebration
World Leprosy Day is observed internationally on January 30 or its nearest Sunday to increase the public awareness of the Leprosy or Hansen's Disease. This day was chosen in commemoration of the death of Gandhi, the leader of India who understood the importance of leprosy. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the world. Many people would hazard a guess that leprosy is a disease that died out soon after Jesus’s time on earth. But three million people across the globe today are … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CA-- USES, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, CONTRIBUTORS, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED EVENTS, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN "Positive Action", WORLD EVENTS, WORLD ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, Angola, asia, Brazil, Gospel for Asia, India, jan 27, leprosy, Madagascar, Nepal, Reaching Out in Love, the Central African Republic, United Republic of Tanzania, World Health Organization, world leprosy day, World Leprosy Day (Jan 27), WHO
