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...

Nagasaki Day is observed on 9 August. On this day US dropped an atomic bomb on the Nagasaki city of Japan in 1945 during World War II.    The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and the second was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August which killed around 74,000 people or more. Bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki was known as “Fat Man” .  Plutonium bomb exploded over Nagasaki just two days later on 9 August levelled 6.7 km square of the city and killed around 74,000 people by the end of 1945. The temperature of the ground reached 4,000 degrees Celsius and radioactive rain poured down. On 15 August 1945, the Japanese Emperor announced the surrender and ‘Victory in Japan’ or ‘V-J Day’ celebrations broke out across the United States and other Allied nations.

 Hiroshima day is observed on August 6 every year to promote peace politics. It is the day when in 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped in the city of Hiroshima, Japan.  The bomb was equivalent to the power of 12-15,000 tons of TNT and known as Little Boy.   American bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.  . It reduced four square miles of the city to ruins killing almost 80,000 people and injuring about 35,000.  After three days another atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki, Japan. This bombing ended Second World War.  The annual event is organized by the Galway Alliance Against War in Eyre Square. It marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in 1945.  To promote "peace politics" the Galway Alliance Against War holds the event every year with various programs like music, song, dance, etc.