The Sustainable Development Agenda is centred on people & planet, underpinned by human rights and supported by a global partnership determined to lift people out of poverty, hunger and disease. It will, thus, be built on a foundation of global cooperation and solidarity.

International Human Solidarity Day is:

• A day to celebrate our unity in diversity;
• A day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements;
• A day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity;
• A day to encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals including poverty eradication;
• A day of action to encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication.

Get involved by:

• Volunteering with the organisation.
• Raising awareness on social media.

For more information, visit :https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-solidarity-day

10 December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Get involved this December by:

• Volunteering with the organisation
• Raising awareness on social media
• Stand up for human rights. We all have a role to play.

For more information, visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day

A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual of their group. The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease.

• Over 1 billion people in the world have some form of disability.
• More than 100 million disabled persons are children.
• Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children.
• 50% of disabled persons cannot afford health care.
• 80% live in developing countries.
• An estimated 46% of older people aged 60 years and over are people with disabilities.
• One in every five women is likely to experience disability in her life
  

Get involved by:

• Volunteering with the organisation
• Raising awareness on social media
• Organising a fundraiser
• Making a donation

For more information, visit :https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities

Worldwide, one in three women and one in five men aged 50 years and over will suffer an osteoporotic fracture. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and fragile, so that they break easily – even as a result of a minor fall, a bump, a sneeze, or a sudden movement. Fractures caused by osteoporosis can be life-threatening and a major cause of pain and long-term disability.

THE 5 STEPS TO HEALTHY BONES AND A FRACTURE-FREE FUTURE

• EXERCISE
• NUTRITION
• LIFESTYLE
• RISK FACTORS
• TESTING & TREATMENT

To get involved this October:

• Raise awareness on social media
• Donate to the foundation
• Volunteer
• Check your osteoporosis risk with your GP

For more information, visit: 
http://worldosteoporosisday.org/
https://www.osteoporosis.org.au/world-osteoporosis-day

Our theme, ‘Millions of Reasons to Care’, aims to broaden the awareness of the 2.65 million Australians caring for their family members and friends. Carers represent a diverse range of cultures, ages, experiences and responsibilities, but all of them balance of caring responsibilities with other responsibilities like work, study and their physical and mental health.

More than one in ten Australians are carers. They make an enormous contribution to our community as well as our national economy.

There are so many ways to take part in #NationalCarersWeek! Closer to the date, we will be providing resources you can download to tell your community why you care about carers and to celebrate carers in your community or workplace.