Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Beyonce World Humanitarian Day messages hit 1 billion mark

She indeed made history with over a billion people sending their messages of "niceness" by the World Humanitarian Day deadline.
Beyonce released her "I Was Here" video in honor of World Humanitarian Day this past weekend, and additionally asked people around the world to pledge (via posting a message on her World Humanitarian Day website) the small nice act they will do for someone else.
In turn, over 1 billion people answered the call to do "good" for others.  And an exact 1,029,763,492 BILLION messages were sent. 

The Sri Lankan government together with the United Nations observed the World Humanitarian Day, which falls annually on the 19 of August, at the UN compound in Colombo on Tuesday (21).

Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa presided at the event which has been held under the theme "I Was Here". A special message issued by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon was read on the occasion.

The UN official has also appealed for the continued support from the donor community in providing sustainable solutions to those who affected by the war.

The World Humanitarian Day is observed worldwide to recognize the humanitarian workers who face life threatening situations every day in their line of work while helping others.
The day also seeks to remind the global population on the humanitarian needs worldwide and the importance of international cooperation in meeting these needs.

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