World Food Day (WFD) is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. It is celebrated on the 16th of October. The day is observed every year around the world in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. It is also the Food Engineer day and has been observed in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger.
Disaster reduction is the conception and practice of reducing disaster risks through efficient efforts to analyse and reduce the causal factors of disasters. Reducing exposure to hazards, lessening vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improving preparedness and early warning for adverse events are all examples of disaster reduction.
Mental ill health is usually caused by a combination of pressures at work and at home. Increasing worries about debt, rising bills and job insecurity, as the economy continues to remain depressed; many therefore lead to a further surge in mental ill health.
The World Teachers' Day is an opportunity to commemorate teacher's organisations worldwide and also aims to activate support for teachers and to ensure that teachers continue to supply to the global framework of needs and requirements conducive in building a well-founded footing to a sound and greatly enabled future generation.
Nonviolence is a powerful method to harmonize relationships among people and all living things for the establishment of justice and the ultimate well-being of everyone. It draws its power from awareness of the profound truth to which the wisdom traditions of all cultures, science, and common experience bear witness that life is one.