World Kindness Day is celebrated on 13 November 2024.

Important Days

World Kindness Day (WKD) is annually observed across the globe on 13th November to encourage people to adopt empathy, kindness, and selflessness by promoting actions that encourage compassion, understanding, and goodwill around the world.


      - 13th November 2024 marks the observance of 27th WKD.

      - The first-ever World Kindness Day was observed on 13th November 1998.

     

Main Points:-   (i) The idea of WKD was introduced in 1997 when the World Kindness Movement (WKM), a group of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) focused on kindness, hosted the first conference in Tokyo, Japan to unite like-minded organizations worldwide.

      (ii) After the formation of the WKM, WKD was established as an annual observance in 1998.

(iii) The World Kindness Movement includes representatives from over 27 countries and was registered as an NGO in Switzerland in 2019.

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