International Day Of Happiness

Today is the world's first International Happiness Day, declared by the UN to signal the importance of going beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of progress.  According to the United Nations, we need better measures of society's real wellbeing -- including happiness. 

Recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings, in 2012, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness.

The International Day of Happiness is an opportunity to reflect on what a good human life looks like and why political, social and economic harmony are so vital.

Below are SON’s five rules for happiness:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

Celebrating 'International Women's Day'.

International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

In the early 1900′s women were beginning to grow tired of being oppressed and not having any sort of voice in civil debate. In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding fair wages, shorter hours and voting rights. One year later, the first National Women’s Day was celebrated in the US on February 28 and continued until 1913.
At the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910, Clara Zetkin of Germany proposed that all women in every country should celebrate on the same day their rights as women. The conference attenders unanimously agreed and International Women’s Day was born.

At first, only European countries celebrated the women’s day, but slowly, other countries began to follow suit. Now, the holiday, originally called International Working Women’s Day is an official one in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Benin Republic and Nigeria. Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Organizations, governments, charities, educational institutions, women's groups, corporations and the media celebrate the day. Many groups around the world choose different themes each year relevant to global and local gender issues. Save Our Needy’s theme this year is Women Empowerment:  Key to Real Economic Growth.

Today, Save Our Needy is celebrating all women irrespective of age, religion, social class and race.  It is time for us all to rise up against all sorts of violence and injustice against women all over the world. 

Even Google celebrated this year’s Women’s Day – with its latest doodle. Google is the latest organization to lend the holiday legitimacy. Throughout the years, more and more nations have recognized International Women's Day. 

Happy Women's Day!!!

MORE ABOUT SAVE OUR NEEDY

The less privileged in our societies have been abandoned and left to their own fate. They have not been given a chance to break the cycle of poverty in which they find themselves in. Only few lucky ones among them can truly overcome poverty.

S.O.N is a non-profit organization with many facets to it but predominantly it is about improving the lives of the less privileged; empowering them and making them feel loved and wanted no matter where they are.

In S.O.N, we believe “We all have the right to dream”. We, at S.O.N are very passionate about helping the less privileged and changing lives for the better.

Small businesses are the bane of many economies. That is why, at Save Our Needy, in line with fulfilling one of our main objectives which is poverty alleviation; we give training to young people aspiring to be entrepreneurs and assist them in various capacities set up their own businesses.

S.O.N wishes to embark on various life-changing community development projects including building of centers in every country where its office would be located to cater to young, homeless and abandoned people. Other projects include the provision of potable water, free distribution of drugs and medical services, etc.

S.O.N aims to establish and maintain working relationships with the formal and informal sectors, especially in collaborative efforts with local community agencies and high profile international organizations having common goals.

 

S.O.N is championing the cause of the youth, women and children.

It is neither a small nor short-term project. We are on a mission to touch as many lives as possible. S.O.N is an organization which hopes to engage the youth from all over the world not only as beneficiaries but also as participants.

Save Our Needy is the voice of the voiceless.

Thank you for reading this. We hope you will support our cause.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

“For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
 For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
 For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
 For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
 For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
  People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
 As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.”
― Sam Levenson