National Organ Donor Day

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NATIONAL DONOR DAY

Observed each year on February 14th, National Donor Day (also known as  National Organ Donor Day) is a day to increase awareness about organ donation and the lives that can be saved.   In the United States, there are more than 120,000 people waiting for a life-saving organ donation.

Give the gift of Life.

National Donor Day focuses on five different types of donations:  Organs – Tissues – Marrow – Platelets – Blood.  Many nonprofit health organizations sponsor blood and marrow drives and organ/tissue sign-ups across the nation. Approximately every two seconds, there is someone in the U.S. who needs blood, which translates to the need for over 41,000 daily donations.  

HISTORY

National Donor Day was started in 1998 by the Saturn Corporation and its United Auto Workers partners, with the support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and many nonprofit health organizations.

World Radio Day & Sarojini Nadidu's Birth Anniversary

Sarojini Naidu better known as the Nightingale of India or Bharatiya Kokila was a poet, politician and freedom fighter. Her poems were known to be imagery and gestures for ideal love. Born on February 13, 1879, Sarojini Naidu had an inclination towards writing since the age of 12. Her collection of poems ‘The Broken Wings’ was published in 1905. Her father Aghoranth Chattopadhyaya was a scientist and the founder of the Nizam College in Hyderabad. Her mother Barada Sundari Devi was among known Bengali poets. She married Dr Govindarajulu Naidu, a doctor by profession and had four children Jayasurya, Padmaj, Randheer, and Leilaman.

Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement during the Bengal Partition in 1905. Her works for the country’s independence were notable. She presided over the annual session of Indian National Congress in Kanpur in 1925 and attended the  East African Indian Congress in South Africa in 1929. Naidu participated in the  Round Table Conference with Mahatma Gandhi and Madan Mohan Malaviya in 1930. The British Government conferred her with the Kaiser-i-Hind medal for her works during the plague epidemic in India. She was jailed along with Gandhiji for her role in the Civil Disobedience Movement. Naidu was also arrested in 1942 for her involvement in the Quit India Movement. Naidu became the Governor of Uttar Pradesh after India became independent from Britishers. She passed away on March 2, 1949, while working in the office.

  

World Radio Day

February 13 is World Radio Day, which celebrates the radio as a way of educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression across cultures. 

Celebrate World Radio Day

Each year the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) celebrates World Radio Day by planning activities with broadcasters, organizations and communities around the world.

About World Radio Day

Despite being over 100 years old, the radio is one of the most popular ways to exchange information, provide social interchange, and educate people all over the world. It has been used to help people, including youth, to engage in discussions on topics that affect them. It can save lives during natural or human-made disasters, and it gives journalists a platform to report facts and tell their stories. The first World Radio Day was officially celebrated in 2012.