World Kindness Day/Kindness Day UK/UK Kindness Day
The World Kindness Movement (WKM) began in 1996 when the ‘Small Kindness Movement’ in Japan organised a conference for kindness movements from around the world. With a mission to inspire individuals to greater kindness and connect nations to create a kinder world, the WKM soon established the 13th November (the date of their second conference in 1998) as ‘World Kindness Day’ – a day to celebrate and promote kindness in all its forms. The WKM now has 18 member nations (often with several organisations within each country) and meet every two years and World Kindness Day is celebrated all over the world.
A few examples of celebrations of Kindness Day in 2011:
The Singapore Kindness Movement gave out 30,000 Gerberas - www.kindness.sg
World Kindness Australia conducted an enormous Kindness Hug on Bondi Beach - www.kindness.com.au
A Kindness Text Wave swept the UK
A Kindness Awards Ceremony took place in Parma Italy hosted by The Italian Kindness Movement - www.gentilezza.it