Candlemas is celebrated 40 days after Christmas. Click here to find out why. In France Candlemas is called La Chandeleur and people eat their pancakes or crêpes today.
Access to life-saving cancer diagnosis, treatment and care should be equal for all – no matter where you live, what your income, your ethnicity or gender. Individuals, together can create change.
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Safer Internet Day 2021 will be celebrated in the UK with the theme:
An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world
This year in the UK, Safer Internet Day explores reliability online. The internet has an amazing range of information and opportunities online, but how do we separate fact from fiction? Click here to find out more.
Safer Internet Day will be celebrated globally with the slogan: Together for a better internet.
In New Zealand, children are just going back to school after their long summer holiday! Waitangi Day is a public holiday held each year to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, on this date in 1840.
Today is the beginning of the Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the rat. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born influences their personality. People born in the year of the rat are said to be popular socially, and also instinctive and alert, making them good businessmen. Do you know what animal you are? To find out more, click here and visit our Chinese New Year pages.
This is an annual commemoration drawing attention to the plight of children forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts. The Red Hand symbol has been used all over the world by many organisations to say NO to child recruitment and the use of child soldiers.
St. Valentine was a Christian who lived in Roman times. He tried to encourage people to love each other and to love God. He was executed by Claudius II on 14th February. People around the world commemorate this day by sending cards or gifts to those they love. What will you do for someone you care about today?
Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day as it has come to be known, is the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. The reason pancakes are associated with this day is that the forty days of Lent were traditionally a period of fasting, during which only the plainest of foods could be eaten, in remembrance of the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness without food. Rich ingredients such as eggs, sugar and cream had to be used up before the fast began, and pancakes were a good way of using these up. In many countries the day is called Mardi Gras or ‘Fat Tuesday’.
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Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time of preparation for Easter.
The word 'Lent' comes from the word for Spring. It is the period of 40 days leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. During Lent, Christians remember the time when Jesus went into the desert to fast and pray before beginning his ministry.
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The aim of the day is to promote linguistic and cultural diversity. People are encouraged to maintain their knowledge of their mother language while learning and using more than one language. Governments may use the day to announce policies to encourage language learning and support.
February 21st was chosen as it was the date on which students and teachers were shot at Dhaka University in Bangladesh, because they campaigned to be allowed to use their mother language, Bangali. The day is now a public holiday in Bangladesh, and people lay wreaths in their memory.
This is a day observed by Guides, Brownies, Rainbows, Scouts and Cubs. It is an opportunity to celebrate international friendship, learn about and take action on important issues, and fundraise in support of the World Thinking Day Fund.
Children who belong to these organisations are normally invited to wear their uniform to school. Click here to find out more about the day and download an activity pack.
Fairtrade Fortnight aims to put a spotlight on trade. When trade is fair it has the potential to improve the lives of the farmers and workers who grow our food. When trade is fair, it can make the world a better place.
Calling all chocolate fans and fighters for fairness! In 2020 we will continue our mission to ensure that all farmers are paid fairly for their work and are able to earn a living income, starting with cocoa farmers in West Africa.
Less than 75 pence. Less than half what she needs for a decent standard of life. That's all Ivorian cocoa farmers like Salimata earn in a day. And plummeting world cocoa prices have only made things worse. These unfair prices are leaving many families struggling to afford the basics: schooling for their children, medical treatment when they are ill, and even access to safe water.
This is why Fairtrade are campaigning for a living income to become a reality for cocoa farmers in West Africa. If we can work together with governments, chocolate companies and retailers to make the commitments and policies necessary, then we can make it happen.
There are lots of ways that you can get involved: click here to visit the website and find out more.
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