Hello World We have Earth Day again on 22 April. What on earth is Earth Day? Are we bothered about our planet Earth? How many of us really care about our Earth? Are we worried about our Earth’s future? Are we busy campaigning to save the Earth Are we big …
DEPRESSION
WHAT ON EARTH IS WORLD HEALTH DAY? This year the theme is DEPRESSION. What is depression all about? WHY is depression a serious illness? WHY are we depressed? WHY are our teenagers depressed? WHY are so many people taking anti-depressants? WHY is the Global Depression Drug Market $16.8 Billion by …
Happiness
5th year of World Happiness Day. They call it a movement and anyone can join and receive a Happiness Guidebook, Happiness Pack for Kids and World Happiness Report. The Action for Happiness pledge says “I WILL TRY TO CREATE MORE HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD AROUND ME” The Day of Happiness …
The Real Truth about Sleep
What on earth is World Sleep Day? WHY do we need a World Sleep Day? WHY is Sleep such a big deal? WHY is Sleep super important to us? WHY do we ignore the value of sleep? WHY do we bang on about wanting more sleep? WHY do some of …
World Kidney Day
Dear World Have we heard of World Kidney Day? What is this all about? Are we interested in our kidneys? Do we know how our kidneys actually work? Do we know anything really about our kidneys? Do we know what Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is? World Kidney Day is a …
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation – 6 February
Dear World – THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL. The United Nations website has a message from the Secretary General “The Sustainable Development Goals contain a specific target calling for an end to FGM. When this practice is fully abandoned, positive effects will reverberate across societies as girls and women …
The Real Truth about Diabetes
Dear World Since 2007, the United Nations recognises Diabetes as a Global threat and designates November 14th each year as World Diabetes Day, in honour of Frederick Banting’s birthday. (1) Diabetes is a very common disease, which is rapidly growing. In the past it was a problem of industrialised nations, but today it …
INTERNET
What is the Internet? The dictionary tells us it is ‘the large system of connected computers around the world that allows people to share information and communicate with each other. (1) What are we sharing on the Internet? What are we really communicating? What are we connecting to on our computers? Next – What …