INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY 2021

Year after year we arrive on September 21st and celebrate the International Day of Peace. It is difficult to talk about Paul despite the absence of armed conflicts in our regions. We often place the word Paul on the shelf of desires longed for too long and it remains like a romantic ramp that lightens the spirit and enquiries us to...

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WORLD REFUGEE DAY

We read with sadness renewed the data offered on June 18, 2021 in the annual report of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) where we are struck by the fact that 2020 has been the ninth consecutive year in which the number of refugees and displaced has increased. So much so that there are currently more than double...

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AFRICA

On May 25th we celebrate the international day of Africa, honoring a 25 May 1963 when the OUA (Organization for African Unity) was established, and since 2002 replaced by the UA (African Union). A day in Africa. A day where we will release this name, AFRICA, blogs, articles, tweets, photos, posters, and even...

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INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST CHILD SLAVERY

April 16 is the day that commemorates the murder of Iqbal Masih, a 14-year-old boy who at the age of 4 was sold to a carpet factory in Punjab, India. The price he was paid to settle a family debt was €1 a day (€1 = €152.77) and said otherwise: Iqbal...

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WORLD WATER DAY

World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22 as a means to focus attention on the importance of water and the defense of sustainable management of water resources. The United Nations General Assembly designated March 22, 1993 as the first World Water Day, after its celebration...

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WORLD POETRY DAY

In Africa, the history of oral tradition has maintained the richness of the story, of the spoken tale, of the poetic recital to give voice to the existential mysteries, of life and of death. When talking about Senegalese poetry it is called Léopold Sédar Senghor, the poet who sang blackness. His poetry, symbolist, was based on singing...

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WOMEN'S DAY

The reality of Senegalese women, as in most African countries, plays a distinctly secondary role. In rural communities this fact is much more accentuated and organized in associations, they are dedicated to the harvesting of vegetables and legumes in order to provide financial aid to their families, as well as improve their diet. In addition, they take care of...

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WORLD SOCIAL JUSTICE DAY

In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed February 20 as World Social Justice Day. They based this decision on the assertion that global justice is a fundamental principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence, and that it constitutes the core of their own mission to promote development and...

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SCHOOL DAY OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE

The School Day of Nonviolence and Peace (or its acronym DENIP), also known as World or International Day of Nonviolence and Peace, was founded in 1964 by the Mallorcan poet and educator Llorenç Vidal Vidal, and is an initiative of Nonviolent and Pacifying Education disseminated internationally. Every January 30, since 1964, the...

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WORLD AFRICAN CULTURE DAY AND AFRO-DESCENDANTS

We begin our notes that echo celebrations of days dedicated worldwide to a string of causes, struggles, achievements, realities, rights..... January 24th is the World Day of African and Afro-Decendent Culture, and with this recognition we can approach a reality that is often very distant and unknown to us. The...

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