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Global Dignity

The first time I heard about Global Dignity project was a week ago. They held a Global Dignity Day Forum in Finland on 19th October. It was an event which was held a day before the actual Global Dignity Day which is set on 20th October.
I learned after, that apart from this event the global dignity expected to reach over 100 000 youths in more than 50 countries this year. That's quite impressive. Looking at the blog after, there are several movies and pics coming everyday from all over the world.

Dignity can be described in many ways and description varies probably a lot from where you are from. As being in Finland we might more think about how to increase the dignity of others while being in less developed country we first learn to respect our self and our own dignity. If you have about 4 and a half minutes to spare, take a look at this video. I think it explains shortly pretty well what it's all about.



Well, I just felt like this is something I wanted to share and hopefully in the following years this important message will reach more and more people and make our lives more dignified. Thank's for reading.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Very good show ! We all are equal.
10/27/2011 10:06 pm
Jennifer MacKinnon said…
I'm a CUSO volunteer getting ready to leave for Zambia...loved your dignity video and it was just what I needed to see and hear as I get excited and a bit scared about leaving for this big adventure....
2/09/2012 10:46 pm
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