Celebrate friendship
- POSTED ON: 26 Jul, 2019
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- POSTED BY: Archana Subramanian
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We love them, irritate them, quarrel with them and do fun things with them – that’s what makes them our friends! Grateful for the friends you have in your life? Celebrate them! July 30 is International Day of Friendship (In India, we celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August.)
History
Here’s is a little bit about how the day came to be:
Dr. Ramon Artemio Bracho, a military doctor in the Ministry of National Defence and the Central Military Hospital, proposed a dinner for his friends from all across the globe. During the meeting held on June 20, 1958, held in Puerto Pinasco, a town on the River Paraguay, the idea for The World Friendship Crusade was born.
The United Nations proclaimed this day as International Day of Friendship with the idea to promote friendship between peoples, countries, and cultures.
In 2011, it was decided that it would be observed on July 30.
Good for you!
Did you know that Winnie the Pooh was named Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations in 1998?
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Make plans
A perfect day for us to get together, have fun and remind ourselves that people are intrinsically the same, regardless of which country they come from. Borders need not divide us but instead can bring us together.
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