Important DAYS

 World Organ Donation dayis celebrated on 13 August to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation and motivate people for donating organs after death. Organ donation is retrieving a donor's organ like heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, lungs, and pancreas after the donor is deceased and then transplanting into another person who is in need of an organ.  Eight lives can be saved from chronic illness by donating organs by one person including the heart, kidney, pancreas, lungs, liver, intestines, hands, face, tissues, bone marrow, and stem cells.  There are two types of organ donors: Living and Deceased donors. Living donor : A healthy person who is willing to donate an organ. Basically, living donors are over 18 years old and are subjected to several health assessments both mental and physical. This is done to determine that the person who is willing to donate an organ understands the risks and implications that donation can have on his or her life later. Decea...

 The  International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples  is  observed  on 9 August each year to  raise awareness  and protect the  rights of the world's indigenous population . The theme of 2022   =   “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation                                            and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge” . The theme of 2021 = "  “ Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call                                              for a new social contract. ”  This day is celebrated on 9 August annually to recognize the first UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations meeting in Geneva in 1982 .   On 23 December, 1994 , the UN General Assembly decided to obse...