World Water Day raises awareness and inspires action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. 2.2 billion people live without access to safe water. We can do more to conserve…
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The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts…
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International Day Of Happiness- March 20
by thrivingby thrivingHappiness broadly covers two key areas – how people tend to feel in the present moment and how satisfied they are with their lives overall. Happiness can therefore range from…
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Mother tongue refers to the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by the person at the time statistical data is collected. If the person no longer…
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The Girl Child- Invest in Girls’ rights
by thrivingby thrivingAccording to the United Nations, 2023, nearly 1 in 5 girls are still not completing lower-secondary and nearly 4 in 10 girls are not completing upper-secondary school today. Around 90…
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Do I wear contact lenses or glasses? If your vision is not 20/20 but your eyes are otherwise healthy, you can choose either to help you see. There are pros…
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Visual Impairment- What to do
by thrivingby thrivingVisual impairment can be caused by several things. A baby can be born congenitally blind due to maternal illness or inherited. Conditions that can cause vision loss include cataracts, lazy…
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Visual impairment is a term experts use to describe any kind of vision loss, whether it’s someone who cannot see at all or someone who has partial vision loss. Some…
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Anger is a natural adaptive response to threats that inspires powerful, often aggressive feelings and behaviors, which allows us to defend ourselves when attacked. However, there are limits. Anger management…
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Social phobia What is social phobia? Social phobia is an anxiety disorder in which a person has significant anxiety and discomfort related to a fear of being embarrassed, humiliated, or…