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NGOs – children Save the Children International Save the Children fights for children’s rights and help them fulfil their potential. The organisation… ·         provides lifesaving supplies and emotional support for children caught up in disasters like floods, famine and wars ·         campaigns for long-term change to improve children’s lives ·         improves children’s access to food and healthcare ·         secures a good quality education ·         protects the world’s most vulnerable children, including those separated from their families because of war, natural disasters, extreme poverty and exploitation ·         works in the poorest countries to help families out of the poverty cycle International Committee of the Red Cross The IC...

I was just watching a video on Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faUYJ9fMiGg ) and it talks about the story of Thanksgiving. I thought you might be interested in this topic because Thanksgiving is celebrated right now in the U.S. Basically what it says is how Thanksgiving is celebrated and how the holiday was born. Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family. While today’s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to attendees of the original 1621 harvest meal, it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table. Thanksgiving Day, is a national holiday in the United States and Canada and is celebrating blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modelled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. The American holiday is particularly rich in legend and symbolism, and t...