CHILDREN’S DAY,: 27TH MAY. Children’s Day is a day for the children celebrated in some part of the world on this day the 27th May annually, it was first officially declared a national holiday by the Republic of Turkey in 1920. Government and the newspapers of the time declaring it a day for the children. It was later decided that an official confirmation was needed to clarify and justify this celebration and the official declaration was made nationally in 1931. Children are the pride of any nation and described as the youth of tomorrow and subsequently the leaders of tomorrow, hence the deserved care, love and affection. The day a…

INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END OBSTETRIC FISTULA, MAY 23RD. Today is observed world wide as a day to create awareness on the obstetric fistula problem and work to end it. Many have never heard of obstetric fistula, and as a result, this preventable and solvable public health issue neither receives the attention, nor the resources it deserves. This gives the global community, INGos, NGOs and CSOs opportunity to raise awareness and share news of the good work being done to end obstetric fistula. We at Jumali in partner with MDSCF join the world over to commemorate with Day with a call to end it worldwide. Happy International Day to End Obsteric…

WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, DIALOGUE AND DEVELOPMENT, 21ST MAY. Today is observed as World Day For Cultural Diversity Dialogue and Development. Cultural diversity is a driving force of development, not only with respect to economic growth, but also as a means of leading a more fulfilling intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual life. Acceptance and recognition of cultural diversity – in particular through innovative use of media and Information and Communication s Technologies (ICTs)- are conducive to dialogue among civilizations and cultures, respect and mutual understanding. The day was adapted by UNESCO through the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and United Nation General Assembly in its resolution declared the day.…

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES; 15TH MAY. Today is International Day of Families as declared by United Nations(UN) and observed annually globally amongst all world cultures. The day seeks to recognize the important role a family played in our society. UN recognize the family as the basic unit of the society even with changes being noticed in its structure. Family in a simple term means a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relation. It could also mean people who are related to each other . The day concerns about issues affecting Families in society, their roles in economic growth and development as well as how best…

The thirst is gone, it’s time to merry and be joyful, may the peace and blessings that came with holy of month of Ramadan be with you and your family this holiday and always. Eid Mubarak to our Muslim faithfuls. From all of us at JUMALI/MDSCF

INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY, 12TH MAY. Today is observed as International Nurses Day declared jointly by United Nations(UN) and World Health Organisation(WHO), it is not observed as public holiday but a day set aside to create awareness to the public on the important roles played by this noble professionals. A Nurse is a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital. A Nurse could also mean person employed or trained to take charge of young children. Nurses mainly work in the hospital and they try to care or alleviate an injuring, injured part or illness by treating it carefully and protectively. Nurse have an official symbol;…

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS DAY, 8TH May, This day is marked globally as the International Red Cross Day. Red Cross as an organization was recognized as a major contribution to peace after the World War 1 by an International Commission. World Red Cross Day has become an Important day in the history of the world which is being celebrated annually to play big role in the life saving event as well as assisting the vulnerable social people all around the world. The day is celebrated to alleviate people’s suffering, enhance their diginity, protecting their life from emergencies and lots of natural disaster including epidemic diseases, flood and earthquake. The day is…

WORLD HYGIENE DAY; 5TH MAY. World Hygiene is otherwise known as World Hand Hygiene Day. It is a day declared by World Health Organization (WHO) and echoes clean your hand campaign. The day energizes hand hygiene activities. Hygiene is defined as the practice of keeping yourself, your living and working area clean in order to prevent illness and diseases. Hygiene could also be the condition or practices conducive to maintaining health and prevent disease especially through cleanliness. The day is celebrated as World Hand Hygiene Day with hand hygiene essentials. The theme; ‘seconds save lives, clean your hand’ was drawn and achieved tremendously. The save lives clean your hand global…

INTERNATIONAL MIDWIVES DAY; 5TH MAY. This day is set aside to celebrate Midwives around the world, it is annually observed and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Midwives are knowned to have played a very important role in our community and are known to be helpful in the support  for mothers especially in safe delivery of their new born babies and other maternal issues. Activities of the day include organising conventions, seminars, setting up a stall to educate others on midwifery, talks shows on radios and TV etc. Today, we celebrate with midwives from around the world on the progress made thus far, The theme for this year’s day…

1st May, every year worldwide it is known and called Labour Day or Worker’s Day. It is a day observed to honor those who fought for the workers’ freedom and their welfare. Workers are the brick builders of every nation’s workforce and are believed to be the machinery for progress and development. As the world is still battling with the pandemic of the corona virus disease which has affected workers esteem, the workers are managing to meet up with the demand of their nation. With these at the background ,the governments at all levels together with labour union exco’s and other International Agencies come together to make a provision on…