Breastfeeding And Work: Let’s Make It Work!

By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy || Right Interventions and Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCEGHANA) ||
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The 1st to the 7th of August every year is a week set aside globally to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, a week set aside to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies across the globe. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration signed in August 1990 by government policymakers, WHO, UNICEF and other organizations to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. This year’s theme for the celebration of the week is “Breastfeeding and Work Let’s make it Work”.

Breast feeding is organized and promoted worldwide by the WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action), WHO (World Health Organization) and UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Fund) to get the goal of elite breastfeeding by mother for their baby of first six months. It was first started and celebrated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action in the year 1992.World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action was established in 1991 on 14th of Feb to promote the comprehensive breastfeeding culture worldwide by providing the support and achieve the real goal.

The campaign for breastfeeding started about some 22 years ago when it was realized that many mothers due to the nature of their work, preferred to give their children substitutes and formulas rather than to give them the natural breast milk. Some mothers across the globe give various reasons why they cannot breastfeed their children. While some reserve their breast for the sake of beauty, others simply feel giving infants breast milk is simply outdated and old fashioned. They would rather give them the sophisticated baby foods that are advertised daily because they feel their work schedules do not give them adequate time to breastfeed their infants. I am no doctor but extensive research has indicated that no other formula can be a substitute for breast milk and in fact there are thousand and one reasons why mothers should choose to breastfeed their children. It saves them a whole lot of stress.

Over the years various themes have been earmarked to celebrate this week. The following are some of the themes that have caught my eyes. In 1993 the theme was “Mother-Friendly Workplace Initiative (MFWI)”The theme of 1994 was “Protect Breastfeeding: Making the Code Work”. The theme of 1997 was “Breastfeeding: Nature’s Way”. The theme of 2002 was “Breastfeeding: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies”. This year’s theme is a revisit of the theme of 1993. After 23 years of a global campaign what progress has been made? What is the way forward? What can you do in your own little way to ensure that your next door neighbor is breastfeeding rather than given other formulas?

Breastfeeding is the normal way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Almost all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information, and the support of their family, the health care system and society at large.Breast feeding has been emphasized to a great extent by the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for promoting the healthy living for both the mother and the baby. It is highly recommended by them to all mothers that they should give breastfeeding to their child for the first six months of the life and after that a supplemented breastfeeding can be given for the one, two or more years.

In this article we willexplore the benefits of breastfeeding your child and why you should not miss it for anything in the world. Oh and yes the fathers also have a significant role to play in ensuring their infants are fed well to get all the required nutrients.

Did you know that breastfeeding is the best way to provide infants with the nutrients they need. The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding starting within one hour after birth until a baby is six months old.

Did you know your breast milk is specifically tailored to your baby? Your body responds to pathogens (virus and bacteria) that are in your body and makes secretory IgA that's specific to those pathogens, creating protection for your baby based on whatever you're exposed to.

Did you know that breastfeeding's protection against illness lasts beyond your baby's breastfeeding stage? Studies have shown that breastfeeding can reduce a child's risk of developing certain childhood cancers. Scientists don't know exactly how breast milk reduces the risk, but they think antibodies in breast milk may give a baby's immune system a boost.

Breastfeeding may also help children avoid a host of diseases that strike later in life, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and inflammatory bowel disease. In fact, preemies given breast milk as babies are less likely to have high blood pressure by the time they're teenagers.

Did you know that breastfeeding is the natural way and is less costly than the babyfoods and thousand times healthier than any baby food?

Did you also know that breastfeeding may boost your child’s intelligence? Indeed various researchers have found a connection between breastfeeding and cognitive development. In a study of more than 17,000 infants followed from birth to 6 1/2 years, researchers concluded from IQ scores and other intelligence tests that prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding significantly improves cognitive development. Another study of almost 4,000 children showed that babies who were breastfed had significantly higher scores on a vocabulary test at 5 years of age than children who were not breastfed. And the scores were higher the longer they had been nursed.

For babies who aren't breastfed, researchers have documented a link between lack of breastfeeding and later development of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Some progress has been made since the start of the breastfeeding campaign. Notably the adoption of the revised ILO Convention 183 on Maternity Protection with much stronger maternity entitlements, and more country actions on improving national laws and practices. However, there is still more to be desired. To ensure a sustainable progress it is very necessary the mothers get timely support and healthcare education to their baby including breast feeding. The continuous support and intimation can bring the gradual and permanent changes in the social living and ultimately healthy and disease free social living.

The fathers can help around the house to reduce stress for the new mums, they can also burp the infants after breast feeding the chest is the sweetest place to do that and also make sure their partners get enough rest. The rest of the family can provide emotional support for the children and practical help by delivering cooked meals, groceries among others to support the new mums.

The work place can provide places or a nursery for the new infants where mothers can visit their children at breaks to breastfeed them and a store where breast milk can be kept. There is the need for community-based strategies to support exclusive breastfeeding counselling for pregnant and lactating women. A peer-to-peer and group counselling to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates is ideal in the local situations.

The strategy of peer counseling can be beneficial and exceedingly productive approach to distribute the message of breast feeding campaign to a larger number of other worldwide in a less time period. The trained person of the community can be a peer counselor who can support the mothers to combat their breastfeeding questions and issues. Community leaders like queen mothers can be trained to educate and monitor new mums to encourage breastfeeding.

The government can also help by significantly limiting the marketing of breastmilk substitutes andstrengthen the monitoring, enforcement and legislation related to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.

Government and other stakeholders can empower women to exclusively breastfeed by enactingsix-monthsmandatory paid maternity leave and policies that encourage women to breastfeed in the workplace and in public. And oh Paternity leaves can also be considered as everyone has a role to play.

The next time you decide not to breastfeed you child think of all the benefits you are throwing away. Remember we all have a responsibility to make BREASTFEEDING AND WORK, WORK!!

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP

International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy|| Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/632992/1/international-day-of-friendship.html

International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/632992/1/international-day-of-friendship.html

International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/632992/1/international-day-of-friendship.html

International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/632992/1/international-day-of-friendship.html

International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

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International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/632992/1/international-day-of-friendship.html

International Day Of Friendship
By Tabitha Naa Akuyea Addy Rights Interventions And Sustainable Community Empowerment (RISCE)
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The 30th of July of every year is marked International Day of Friendship. This day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places particular emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Pause a moment and think about all the people you called friends some few years ago.Where are they now? What do they do?Were they true friends or acquaintances? Were they close or people that just came and left after a change of season in your life or you left after the weather changed. I look back at myself and ask who is a true friend?Who can I call a friend? Why should I keep a friend? How can I tell this friendship is meant to stay? As the good book says in proverbs some friends stick closer than brothers.

A friend is simply anyone that has your back in all situations. A friend feels your pain, rejoices with you, shares in your dreams, believes in you, prays for you, can vouch for you in whatever situation and knows what you will wear or even eat in particular moments and seasons. I have had many friends. Tall, short, slim, beautiful, smart, fat and so on and forth. In my primary school days I had a friend who I would always go to break with I don’t quite remember how the friendship ended. I remember I left the school to another school. In junior secondary school I had three special friends it appeared like we could never be separated. Then came Senior Secondary school where I completed with one other best friend.

I still got to the University Graduating with one best friend. I do ask myself what went wrong. Why do the friendships die and someway somehow I move on like nothing ever happened.What is there to friendship? How can one maintain good friendships? What must one look out for in a friend. Who qualifies to be called a friend? I am sure you may have also met a number of people you called friends. What happened to the friendship? Do you feel guilty that the friendship ended?

One can maintain a good friendship by been a friend. Do to your brother what you want to be done to you. Anyone who believes in your dreams, Does the very little things for you, shares in your happiness, feels your pain, Shares in your dreams ,Always listens to your little secrets and does not tell on you behind your back can be classified as a friend.In looking out for a friend be willing to be one. Always ensure that you sincerely and honestly want to be a friend to the person. Learn to place their interest before yours and be truthful in all your dealings.

No man is an island and there is no doubt that it is easy to share your deepest secrets with a friend rather than any member of the family. Everyone needs friends. Truefriends alwaysgive us a reality check.It is only our closest friends who can tell us that our breath is bad, that our new outfit is ridiculous, and very personal stuff about our lives. Because friends know us so well, they are able to see things that we can’t, and aren’t afraid to share their dose of reality with us. Having friends kills loneliness. Banding together with friends can help affect a social change. Many great businesses have been as a result of some great friendships.

Have you thought of the activity you can do with your best friend in that community around your corner that will bring smiles to the faces of the children? Well think about it now.

Just likeRalph Waldo Emerson puts it Friendship is simply “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Friendships change as your life changes. Sometimes a friend's life reflects our own, and hence makes it easier to stay friends for a long time. Other friendships may fade away for a while due to various reasons and resurface later on in life. You probably have had some friends that you enjoyed been with however they still left. Please don’t beat yourself about it the reality is that some people really are meant to be in our lives only a short time. Instead of feeling bad about a lost friendship always be positive and be grateful to God for the moments shared with your friend and always leave enough room to make new friends because people change.

The International Friendship day is intended to support the goals and objectives of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) .To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation

As today marks International friendship day take the time to reflect on all your true friends. How have you contributed in the death of that friendship and what can you do to make it better?Have you made any impact in your society, who will remember you when you are gone? You can take the time to invite a friend over for lunch, make a call, and Buylittle presents of appreciation. Just show your friends how important they are to you and how you honestly appreciate their friendship. Who knows, that little effort today can contribute greatly to a better Ghana. Remember that true friendship can promote peace and solidarity among people, cultures and nations and keep the spirit of friendship day all year through.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY

Read more at: http://www.modernghana.com/news/632992/1/international-day-of-friendship.html