MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a weeklong campaign (2-6 May) dedicated to mental illness while pregnant or after having a baby. Organizations from around the world — including the US, Canada, UK, Turkey, Australia, Argentina, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Nigeria, and more — are leading efforts to raise awareness about maternal mental health for all mums and families to access the information and help they require to enable recovery.
Learn more at https://wmmhday.postpartum.net/
NATIONAL LOST SOCK DAY (US)
Lost Sock Awareness Day takes place on May 9th every year in US, to commemorate all those odd socks that started life as a shiny new pair.
How to Celebrate:
- Throw out all the single leftover socks.
- Use the leftover socks as cleaning cloths. Or spend the day making sock monkeys out of the socks that have sadly lost their partners to the sock black hole.
- Have a minute of silence for all the socks you have lost.
Learn more at https://nationaltoday.com/national-lost-sock-memorial-day/
WORLD COCKTAIL DAY
Friday the 13th is usually regarded as one of the unluckiest days of the year, but this Friday could perhaps be one of the luckiest as we celebrate World Cocktail Day 2022. It is held on this day because it is said to be the first date on which a cocktail was officially defined.
In 1806, New York newspaper ‘The Balance and Columbian Repository’ received a letter asking what a cocktail was.
Responding in the outlet’s 13 May edition, editor Harry Croswell described one as: “A stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters.”
Learn more at https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-cocktail-day/
WORLD MEDITATION DAY
World Meditation Day was celebrated on May 21st, 2022, hence we can celebrate it every day. Meditation is a practice derived from Hinduism and Buddhism. The goal of meditation is to focus and understand your mind—eventually reaching a higher level of awareness and inner calm. Meditation is an ancient practice, but scientists are still discovering all of its benefits. Regular meditation can help you to control your emotions, enhance your concentration, decrease stress, and even become more connected to those around you.
Learn more at https://www.wikihow.com/Meditate
WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Held every year on 21 May, UNESCO leads the celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development highlighting not only the richness of the world’s cultures, but also the essential role of intercultural dialogue for achieving peace and sustainable development.
Learn more at https://www.un.org/en/observances/cultural-diversity-day
WORLD DIGESTIVE HEALTH DAY
World Digestive Health Day is observed on May 29 to create awareness about the myriad of digestive disorders and diseases, many of which are life threatening. The day came into existence in 2004, on the 45th anniversary of the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) foundation. The day aims at not just talking about types of digestive issues but their – prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Learn more at http://wdhd.worldgastroenterology.org/
WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY
The Member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes.
Learn more at https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day
