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World Kindness Day is celebrated annually to promote the virtue of kindness. This day is observed every year on November 13th to encourage the values of humanity which can further help in building the world a better place. 

History

• The beginning of the World kindness movement takes back to the 1990s era.
• Small Kindness Movement held a conference in the mid-1990s to invite participants from all over the world to come and share their stories related to the kindness movements that they have started in their own countries.
• In 1997, at the Tokyo conference, Japan brought kindness organisations of various nations together and emphasised the necessity of a global kindness movement. In 2000 November, The World Kindness Movement was also launched in Singapore.

Purpose of World Kindness Day

The purpose of World Kindness Day is to highlight and encourage good deeds in your community. It also serves as a reminder to all that simple acts of kindness have power and that together, we can all work to create a kinder world. 

Celebration of World Kindness Day 2020

World Kindness Day can be celebrated by performing different acts of kindness such as helping the elderly or someone who is needy. You can do various activities as a mark of kindness to celebrate this day such as

• Expressing thanks to your boss, teachers, parents, elders, and other people
• Feeding poor children or people with proper meal
• Taking care of your surrounding like cleaning roads and parks near-by