India - National Consumer Day - 24 December

24 December - National Consumer Day in India

World Urbanism Day - World Town Planning Day - 8 November

“World Town Planning Day, also known as World Urbanism Day, was founded in 1949 by the late Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera.  at the Institut d’urbanisme in Paris

The idea was to promote good planning and highlight the role it plays in creating liveable urban communities and to draw attention to the social, environmental and economic impact from the development of cities and towns.

The United Nations estimates the world reached a total population of 1 billion in 1804. Some 123 years later in 1927, it was at 2 billion. Just 33 years later in 1960 it was 3 billion. It hit 4 billion 14 years later in 1974. By 1987 it had reached 5 billion. Then 6 billion in 1999. And now 7 billion.”


2013 Theme: Water and Planning

http://globalurbanist.com/events/2013/water-and-planning

World Savings Day - 31 October

About the Day

October 31 was declared World Thrift Day at the end of the first International Thrift Congress in 1924 in Milan.

‘World Thrift Day’ should be a day devoted to the promotion of savings all over the World.

Savings banks  worked with the support of the schools, the clergy, as well as cultural, sports, professional, and women’s associations to promote savings on the savings day.

The celebration of the World Thrift Day took various forms:  posters, lectures, brochures, leaflets, press-articles, chorus singing, broadcasting, educational and propaganda films.
(Hymns of Thrift: http://www.wsbi.org/uploadedFiles/Events/HymnofThrift1928.pdf )

Special Note

Austria

In Austria, the official mascot of saving, the called ‘Sparefroh’ (literally: ‘Happy Saver’) has  a higher degree of brand awareness  and even a street was named after him. In the 1970s the ‘Sparefroh-Journal’, an educational magazine for younger people, reached a circulation of 400,000 copies.

India

The World Thrift Day is being celebrated on 31st October of every year through out the world. In India it is being celebrated on 30th October every year. In Tamilnadu state, it was celebrated in each District with the participation of the District Collectors local MPs, MLAs etc. In Chennai, a State level function was held on 30th October with the participation of Hon’ble Minister for Finance, Govt. of Tamil Nadu , Post Master General, Director of Small Savings, Regional Director, National Savings Institute etc. The agents, PRSS Group Leaders, who mobilized highest collection under small savings were given awards by the Hon’ble Minister for Finance on that day


World Savings Day Speeches

2012 - Govennor - Bank of Italy

29 September - World Heart Day

In partnership with World Health Organization (WHO), the World Heart Federation organizes awareness events in more than 100 countries on the occasion of World Heart Day.
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About the Day

Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. Risk factors for heart disease and stroke include raised blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, smoking, inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables, overweight, obesity and physical inactivity.

In partnership with World Health Organization (WHO), the World Heart Federation organizes awareness events in more than 100 countries - including health checks, organized walks, runs and fitness sessions, public talks, stage shows, scientific forums, exhibitions, concerts, carnivals and sports tournaments.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_heart_day/en/index.html

http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/awareness/world-heart-day/about-world-heart-day/


http://www.world-heart-federation.org/index.php?id=123

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Related Web Pages

What can I do to avoid a heart attack or a stroke?

Eat a healthy diet: 

A balanced diet is crucial to a healthy heart and circulation system. This should include plenty of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, fish and pulses, and restricted salt, sugar and fat intake.

Take regular physical activity:

 At least 30 minutes of regular physical activity every day helps to maintain cardiovascular fitness; at least 60 minutes on most days helps to maintain healthy weight.

Avoid tobacco use: 

Tobacco in every form is very harmful to health - cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or chewable tobacco. Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke is also dangerous. The risk of heart attack and stroke starts to drop immediately after a person stops using tobacco products, and can drop by as much as half after one year.

Q&A: what can I do to avoid a heart attack or stroke?

http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/en/index.html

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world Heart Day 2013

TAKE THE ROAD TO A HEALTHY HEART

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World Heart Day 2011

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Source for the picture http://www.world-heart-federation.org/index.php?id=123
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 Employers Undertake Work Place Wellness Initiatives

http://www.world-heart-federation.org/fileadmin/user_upload/images/world-heart-day/2010/WHD_Employers_resource_guide/ERGEGlobalInitiatives.pdf

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World Heart Day 2009

Theme

Working Towards Wellness

As part of its commitment to the World Economic Forum initiative “Working Towards Wellness”, World Heart Day 2009 has been dedicated to this theme.

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World Heart Day 2009 Material

http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/world-heart-day/world-heart-day-2009-material/

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World Cancer Day - 4 February

http://www.worldcancerday.org/

http://www.cancer.org/aboutus/whoweare/cancer-awareness-calendar

http://www.academia.edu/1679229/Agenda_on_International_Cancer_Awareness_Day
Agenda by activists at AIIMS, India on Cancer awaress published in 2010

Stand Up to Cancer Day - 13 September

In 2013, approximately 580,350 Americans are expected to die from some type of cancer.
That's about 1,600 people each day.
Think - How to reduce that number?  Stand Up To Cancer

13 September is associated with Cancer Awareness and Survival in Some Countries

http://news.yahoo.com/sept-13-stand-cancer-day-programmers-day-fortune-204300926.html

http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/stand-up-to-cancer-day/

http://www.standup2cancer.org/

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day September 13
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/09/12/remembering-national-childhood-cancer-month/



2013

http://www.lowellgeneral.org/new-at-lgh/september-13th-annual-cancer-survivorship-day-celebration

International Day of the World Indigenous People - 9 August

Background

On 23 December 1994, the General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year during the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (resolution 49/214 [pdf]).

By its resolution 59/174 [pdf] of 20 December 2004, in which the Assembly proclaimed the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005-2014), it also decided to continue observing the International Day of Indigenous People every year during the Second Decade, in New York, Geneva and other offices of the United Nations. The Assembly asked the Secretary-General to support observance of the Day from within existing resources, and to encourage Governments to observe the Day at the national level.

http://www.un.org/events/indigenous/2008/index.shtml


UN Event Page
http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/

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2013 - "Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements"

2009 — the theme of the observance was “Indigenous Peoples and HIV/AIDS”

2008 — the observance focused on reconciliation between States and indigenous peoples

2007 — the observance in 2007 centered on the urgent need to preserve indigenous languages

2006 — celebrations and discussions in 2006 drew upon the theme “Partnership for Action and Dignity”

2005 — the title of a panel discussion in 2005 was “The Cause of Indigenous Peoples is Ours”

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2013

A special event at UN Headquarters in New York will be held on Friday, 9 August, starting at 3pm, featuring the UN Secretary-General, the Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a delegate of Panama, a representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, and an indigenous representative. The event will be webcast live at webtv.un.org.

Also on 9 August, hundreds of indigenous and non-indigenous rowers are scheduled to arrive at Pier 96 at 57th Street in Manhattan at 10am, after having collectively travelled thousands of miles on rivers and horsebacks to honour the first treaty -– the Two Row Wampum -– concluded between Dutch immigrants and the Haudenosaunee (a confederacy of six nations, with capital in the Onondaga nation, in NY State) 400 years ago, in 1613. They will gather with members of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at 1:30pm.




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