Development calenDar 2013 www.ngopulse.org P O Box 31392 Braamfontein, 2017 I Tel: +27 11 403-4935 I Fax: +27 11 403-0130 I E-mail: [email protected] SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN JANUARY 1 Global Family Day Public Domain Day World Day of Peace Sudan Independence Day (1956) New Year’s Day 2 3 4 World Braille Day World Hypnotism Day 5 6 World Day of War Orphans 7 8 9 10 11 International Thank You Day 12 13 14 15 Wikipedia Day 16 17 18 Internet Freedom Day 19 20 World Religion Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 International Customs Day 27 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust World Leprosy Day National Police Day 28 International Data Privacy Day Community Manager Appreciation Day 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 1 2 World Wetlands Day 3 4 World Cancer Day 5 World Safer Internet Day 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 7 8 9 10 11 12 Darwin Day 13 World Radio Day International Condom Day 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day State of the Nation Address Valentine’s Day 15 International Childhood Cancer Day Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Day 16 17 World Community Arts Day 18 Gambia Independence Day (1965) 19 20 World Day of Social Justice 21 International Tourist Guide Day 22 World Thinking Day 23 Open Data Day 24 World Yoga Day 25 26 27 National Budget Speech 28 Rare Disease Day MARCH 1 2 Africa Union Day Morocco Independence Day (1956) 3 International Day for Ear and Hearing International Sex Worker Rights Day Music Freedom Day Africa Environment Day 4 5 6 World Maths Day Ghana Independence Day (1957) 7 World Book Day 8 United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace/ International Women’s Day 9 10 11 World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film World Plumbing Day Commonwealth Day 12 World Day Against Cyber Censorship Mauritius Independence Day (1968) 13 14 International Day of Action for Rivers World Kidney Day 15 World Consumers Rights Day World Sleep Day 16 17 18 19 World Social Work Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Richards Bay 20 Meatout Day International Day of the Francophonie International Day of Happiness International Earth Day World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People World Leadership Day World Sparrow Day World Storytelling Day Tunisia Independence Day (1956) 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day World Forestry Day World Home Economics Day World Poetry Day World Puppetry Day Namibia Independence Day (1990) Human Rights Day 22 World Water Day 23 World Meteorological Day Earth Hour 24 International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims World Tuberculosis Day 25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members 26 TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Durban 27 World Theatre Day Document Freedom Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Port Shepstone 28 29 Good Friday 30 31 APRIL 1 Family Day 2 International Children’s Book Day World Autism Awareness Day 3 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Senegal Independence Day (1960) 5 6 7 International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda World Health Day 8 9 10 11 World Parkinson’s Disease Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Pietermaritzburg 12 International Day for Street Children International Day of Human Space Flight World Entrepreneurship Day 13 14 15 16 World Voice Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Pretoria 17 International Day of Farmers Struggle World Haemophilia Day 18 International Day for Monuments and Sites Zimbabwe Independence Day (1980) 19 20 21 World Creativity and Innovation Day 22 International Mother Earth Day 23 World Book and Copyright Day TPC Workshop: Managing your NGO from a Legal & Tax Perspective Cape Town 24 International Noise Awareness Day World Day for Laboratory Animals World Plone Day 25 World Malaria Day Africa Malaria Day 26 Global Youth Service Day World Intellectual Property Day Tanzania Union Day (1964) 27 World Veterinary Day Sierra Leone Independence Day (1961) Togo Independence Day (1960) Freedom Day 28 International Workers’ Memorial Day World Day for Safety and Health at Work Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 29 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare International Dance Day 30 International Jazz Day MAY 1 International Workers’ Day Labour Day 2 3 World Press Freedom Day 4 International Firefighters’ Day 5 International Day of the Midwife 6 International No Diet Day 7 World AIDS Orphans Day World Asthma Day 8 World Red Cross Red Crescent Day Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 9 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War Europe Day 10 World Lupus Day World Move for Health Day 11 World Fair Trade Day World Migratory Bird Day 12 International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases International Nurses Day Mother’s Day 13 14 15 International Conscientious Objectors’ Day International Day of Families 16 International Day for Sharing Life Stories 17 International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day International Museum Day 19 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day 20 World Metrology Day Cameroon Republic Day (1972) 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 22 International Day for Biological Diversity 23 World Turtle Day 24 Eritrea Independence Day (1993) 25 International Missing Children’s Day Africa Day 26 Bipolar Awareness Day 27 28 International Day of Action for Women’s Health World Play Day Ethiopia National Day (1991) 29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 30 World Multiple Sclerosis Day 31 World No-Tobacco Day JUNE 1 Global Day of Parents International Children’s Day World Drawing Day 2 Global Sharing Day 3 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5 World Environment Day 6 7 8 World Brain Tumour Day World Oceans Day 9 10 11 12 World Day Against Child Labour 13 14 World Blood Donor Day 15 Global Wind Day World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 16 International Day of the African Child Youth Day Father’s Day 17 International Ride to Work Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 18 19 World Sickle Cell Day 20 World Refugee Day Africa Refugee Day 21 World Music Day National Epilepsy Day 22 23 International Windows Day United Nations Public Service Day Africa Public Service 24 25 International Day of the Seafarer Mozambique Independence Day (1975) 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Madagascar Independence Day (1960) Acceptance of Freedom Charter (1955) Substance Abuse Prevention Day 27 28 29 World Industrial Design Day Seychelles Independence Day (1976) 30 Social Media Day Democratic Republic of the Congo Independence Day (1960) JULY 1 Burundi Independence Day (1962) Rwanda Independence Day (1962) Somali Independence Day (1960) 2 3 4 5 Cape Verde Independence Day (1975) 6 International Day of Cooperatives Comoros Independence Day (1975) Malawi Independence Day (1964) 7 8 9 South Sudan (2011) 10 Panic Awareness Day 11 World Population Day 12 Sao Tome & Principe Independence Day (1975) 13 14 15 16 17 World Day for International Justice 18 Nelson Mandela International Day 19 20 21 22 23 Egypt Revolution Day (1952) 24 25 World Patient Safety Day 26 Liberia Independence Day (1847) 27 28 World Hepatitis Day 29 International Tiger Day 30 International Day of Friendship Day 31 Pan-African Women’s Day AUGUST 1 Benin Independence Day (1960) 2 3 4 5 Burkina Faso Independence Day (1960) 6 7 Cote d’Ivoire Independence Day (1960) 8 9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People National Women’s Day 10 11 Chad Independence Day (1960) 12 International Youth Day 13 International Lefthanders Day 14 15 Republic of the Congo Independence Day (1960) 16 17 SADC Day Gabon Independence Day (1960) 18 19 World Humanitarian Day World Photography Day 20 21 22 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 24 25 26 27 28 29 International Day Against Nuclear Tests 30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 31 African Traditional Medicine Day SEPTMBER 1 Libya Revolution Day (1969) Arbour Day 2 3 4 Secretaries Day 5 6 Swaziland Independence Day (1968) Casual Day 7 International Vulture Awareness Day 8 International Literacy Day World Physical Therapy Day 9 International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day Africa Union Day 10 World Suicide Prevention Day 11 12 United Nations Day for South -South Cooperation World Oral Health Day 13 14 World First Aid Day National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day 15 International Day of Democracy 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 17 18 World Water Monitoring Day 19 20 Recycling Day 21 International Day of Peace World Alzheimer’s Day International Coastal Clean Up Day 22 World Carfree Day World Rhino Day Mali Independence Day (1960) 23 24 Guinea Bissau Independence Day (1973) Heritage Day National Braai Day 25 26 World Contraception Day African Penguin Day 27 World Maritime Day World Tourism Day 28 International Right to Know Day 29 World Heart Day 30 Botswana National Day (1966) OCTOBER 1 International Day of Older Persons World Vegetarian Day Nigeria Independence Day (1960) National Inherited Disorders Day 2 International Day of Non-Violence World Farm Animals Day Guinea Independence Day (1958) 3 4 World Animal Day World Smile Day Lesotho National Day (1966) 5 World Hoop Day World Teachers’ Day 6 7 World Architecture Day World Day for Decent Work World Habitat Day 8 9 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction World Post Day Uganda Independence Day (1962) 10 World Day Against the Death Penalty World Mental Health Day World Sight Day 11 International Day of the Girl Child World Egg Day 12 World Arthritis Day World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Equatorial Guinea Independence Day (1968) National Bandana Day 13 14 World Standards Day 15 Blog Action Day Global Handwashing Day International Day of Rural Women International White Cane Safety Day National Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day 16 Global Dignity Day World Bread Day World Food Day 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty World Trauma Day 18 19 20 International Day of the Air Traffic Controller World Osteoporosis Day National Down Syndrome Awareness Day 21 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day 23 National 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Quality Day World Usability Day 15 16 International Day for Tolerance 17 International Students Day World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims World Prematurity Day 18 African Statistics Day 19 International Men’s Day World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse World Toilet Day 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance Universal Children’s Day World Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day Africa Industrialisation Day 21 World Fisheries Day World Hello Day World Philosophy Day World Television Day 22 23 24 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 26 27 28 Mauritania Independence Day (1960) 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 30 Buy Nothing Day Computer Security Day DECEMBER 1 World AIDS Day Central African Republic Day (1958) 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 3 International Day of Disabled Persons 4 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development World Soil Day 6 7 International Civil Aviation Day 8 9 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