- Apr 22, 2021
World Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth
Earth Day, celebrated on April 22 annually, is the largest secular observance in the world. Earth Day and aims to inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth's environment. The United Nations calls the event International Mother Earth Day. The theme for this year's Earth Day is "Restore Our Earth" which emphases on natural processes and emerging green technologies that can restore the world's ecosystems. In this way, the theme rejects the notion that mitigation or adaptation
- Apr 13, 2021
Raisa Wants to be A Doctor: Story of A Slum Kid
A 6-year-old innocent and intelligent girl Raisa Mahamuda attends class KG at Chalantika Slum Children Development Project (CSCDP) which is operated by ADRA in Bangladesh. She lives with her parents at Chalantika Slum in Dhaka. Raisa’s parents migrated to the megacity Dhaka from their home district Borguna aiming to live a better life. Her father Iqbal Mahmud is a bus supervisor by profession and her mother Juria Akter is a housewife. Raisa along with her parents are living i
- Apr 7, 2021
World Health Day: Building a Fairer, Healthier World
April 7th of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. From its inception at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and since taking effect in 1950, the celebration has aimed to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization. Over the past 50 years, this has brought to light important health issues such as mental health, maternal and child care, and climate change. The celebration is marked by activi
- Apr 2, 2021
World Autism Awareness Day and its Significance
According to the UN, autism is a lifelong neurological condition that is mainly characterized by unique social interactions, non-standard ways of learning, keen interests in specific subjects, inclination to routines, challenges in typical communications, and particular ways of processing sensory information. Autism affects girls and boys of all races and in all geographic regions and has a large impact on children, their families, communities, and societies. The prevalence i
