{"id":51599,"date":"2021-09-06T05:42:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T05:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=51599"},"modified":"2021-09-06T05:42:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T05:42:50","slug":"international-day-of-charity-05-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/international-day-of-charity-05-september\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day of Charity: 05 September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong>&nbsp;International Day of Charity<\/strong>&nbsp;is observed annually on&nbsp;05 <strong>September<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in&nbsp;<strong>2012.<\/strong>&nbsp;5 September was chosen in order to commemorate the death anniversary of&nbsp;<strong>Mother Teresa,<\/strong>&nbsp;who had always been engaged in charitable work. Mother Teresa received the&nbsp;<strong>Nobel Peace Prize in 1979<\/strong>&nbsp;for \u201cwork undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purpose of the day:<\/strong>The prime purpose of the International Day of Charity is to raise awareness and provide a common platform for charity related activities all over the world for individuals, charitable, philanthropic and volunteer organizations for their own purposes on the local, national, regional and international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The International Day<\/strong> of Charity was established with the objective of sensitizing and mobilizing people, NGOs, and stakeholders all around the world to to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities. The date of 5 September was chosen in order to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 &#8220;for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;International Day of Charity&nbsp;is observed annually on&nbsp;05 September.&nbsp;It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in&nbsp;2012.&nbsp;5 September was chosen in order to commemorate the death anniversary of&nbsp;Mother Teresa,&nbsp;who had always been engaged in charitable work. 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