Values Month Celebration

            Ang tema ng “Filipino Values Month” ngayong taon ay “Pamilyang Pilipino Patatagin: Susi sa Kabataang Maka-Diyos, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa.” Nais bigyang pansin ng temang ito ang pagiging responsable sa pakikipagkomunikasyon sa ating pamilya at maging sa ating kapwa-tao. Pamilya, sila yung yaman na hindi kayang tumbasan ng pera.

 pamilya ay talagang isang mahalagang salita sa bawat tao. Sila ay regalo na ibinigay sa atin ng Diyos. Sa pamilya nagsisimula ang pakikipag-ugnayan sa iba. Sa pamilya rin nagmumula ang pakiramdam na pagiging ligtas, pagkakaroon ng mga taong maaasahan at maaari mong ibahagi ang iyong mga problema. At sa kabilang dako, nangangahulugan din ito na mayroong paggalang at responsibilidad sa bawat isa.

Ang kahalagahan ng pamilya ay tunay na pag-ibig at pagkakaroon ng isang taong laging naroon para sa iyo, maging sa magagandang panahon o kapag nakaranas ng kasamaang palad. Sa loob ng pamilya, mayroong pag-unawa, pag-asa, ginhawa, payo, moralidad, mithiin, at pananampalataya. Ang mga bagay na ito ay mahalaga sapagkat ito ay nakakadulot ng seguridad at kasiyahan ng loob kahit anong mangyayari sa buhay.

Tayong mga Pilipino ay kilalang mga makapamilyang tao. Sa madaming punto ng ating buhay ang pamilya ang ating kasangga. Ang pamilya ay isa sa mga humuhubog sa ating pagkatao kaya nararapat lamang na maging maka Diyos, makatao, makakalikasan at makabansa ang ating mga ka- pamilya sa ganun ay lalaki din tayong taglay ang mga katangiang iyon. Ayon sa ating pagkakaalam, ang pamilya ang pinakamaliit nay unit ng pamayanan. Dito nagsisimula ang lahat ng mga natututunan ng bawat isa sa atin. Dito sa pamilya nahuhubog ang ating pagiging maka-Diyos; dito sa pamilya nahuhubog ang ating pagiging makatao; dito sa pamilya nahuhubog ang ating pagiging makakalikasan; at dito sa pamilya nahuhubog ang ating pagiging makabansa.

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Environment Awareness Month

World Environment Day is held on Wednesday June 5th 2019, and is on June 5th every year. It isn’t a public holiday, it is an environmental awareness day, run by the United Nations. It is sometimes also unofficially called Eco Day or Environment Day. The aim of the Day is to raise awareness of the environment and specific environmental issues.

Wold Environment Day (WED) was established in 1972 but first held in 1974, which shows that concern about the environment goes back several decades at least. 143 countries take part in World Environment Day, and the day focuses on environmental concerns ranging from pollution to global warming and sustainable food production to protection of wildlife.

Every year there is a new main focus for WED. This year the focus is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’, and the press and media are already gearing up for this by reporting on events and efforts to reduce plastic pollution.

Participants of WED include NGOs, governments, communities, individuals, charities, organizations and celebrities, and together they raise awareness of environmental issues. Each year a country or Nation hosts WED, and this year India is the host, last year Canada hosted it, and the theme was ‘Connecting People and Nature’.

World Environment Day has had its own anthem since 2013.

World Environment Day can be celebrated in many ways, activities such as clear up campaigns are popular and will be prominent this year, also concerts, conventions and parades, tree planting, and lectures. Promotional materials for the day tend to be created using natural environmental colours.

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Children's Month Celebration

This year's theme is dubbed as “Karapatang Pambata: Patuloy na Pahalagahan at Gampanan Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan” in relation to the “Karapatan ng mga Bata” of the Philippine Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) implementation and accomplishments and was approved by the Council Board on April 2019.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) adopted on 20 November 1989 is the first legally binding universal treaty solely dedicated to the promotion and protection of children’s rights. It sets out the rights that must be realized for every child – the rights to survival, development, protection, and participation. It offers a vision of the child as an individual and as a member of a family and community, with rights and responsibilities appropriate to his or her age and stage of development.

The Philippines as a State Party to the Convention has the obligation and accountability to undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the realization of children’s rights and that children have access to services, protection from all forms of abuse and violence, opportunities for personal development to reach their fullest potential.

By virtue of Republic Act 10661, the National Children’s Month (NCM) in the Philippines which commemorates the adoption of the UN CRC on 20 November 1989, is annually celebrated every November. It seeks to instill its significance in the Filipino consciousness.

This November 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and the 27th year of the NCM. Since the country’s ratification of the UN CRC in July 1990, there is much to be celebrated. However, despite over-all gains and continuing efforts of the Philippine Government, Filipino children and their family still face challenges which compromise their human rights and benefits of development.

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UN Celebration 2019

2019 Theme: "Climate Action for Peace". The theme draws attention to the importance of combatting climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world. Climate change causes clear threats to international peace and security. It is also a day of ceasefire, personal or political. No doubt, this day focuses on building peaceful and sustainable world. The theme of International Day of Peace 2019 is 'Climate Action for Peace'. The theme focuses on the need of combating climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world.

United Nations Day marks the anniversary of the UN Charter’s entry into force, and celebrates everything that the UN represents and has achieved since its establishment in 1945. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.

24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.

Each year, the global network of UN Information Centres organizes a variety of events to mark UN Day. Activities range from ceremonies, seminars, panel discussions, symposiums to series of briefings for students, art competitions, rallies, film screenings and book/photo exhibitions, media campaigns- including interviews and newspaper supplements- and social media campaigns.

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