Universal Human Beings Week 1st March

As March is trying to decide whether it is coming in like a lion or a lamb, there is a decision that we have to make as well. Do we choose to honor the little known observance that could affect the whole human family known as Universal Human Beings Week?

The International Society of Friendship and Good Will sponsors this obscure observance during the first week of March each year, in hopes of inspiring men and women to break free from the shackles of their traditional groups, and reach out to the rest of the world in an attempt to form a global village.

The groups ideals are simple, and yet, terribly complex in the context of our world. They strive to encourage international understanding, education, and relations, to honor law and humanity, to put humans and ethical behavior above material wealth, and to support organizations that actively work for peace, friendship and good will. They also tout the use of Esperanto, as a necessity for international communication.

It seems like common sense, but these very basic principles generally get lost somewhere in the daily grind. During difficult economic times, there are two trains of thought: eat or be eaten, or all for one and one for all.

The choice is yours – do you sacrifice your fellow human beings to make out ok on the other end of the crisis, or do you reach out to those around you in hopes that the difference you make in their life will come back to enrich your own?

The ISFGW sponsors other observances throughout the year to help advance their ideology such as Peace, Friendship, and Good Will Week in October, Tolerance Week in December, and “Simplify your Life” Week in August. They have also dubbed September as Self-Improvement Month, just in case you need an excuse to execute your own personal goals.

Whether or not you’re ready to sign up for the International Society of Friendship and Good Will, it seems like reaching beyond our comfort zone for a week could greatly benefit the general public. But, before we can go breaking international boundaries, we need to start closer to home. Too many of us don’t know our neighbors, we don’t know who works down the hall in our building, and we have never taken the opportunity to say good morning to the people we see in the coffee shop each week. We are stuck in our own sovereign realms, and we never bother to venture beyond its borders.

Held on : 1st March

Universal Human Beings Week is observed annually from March 1st to 7th in various countries. It is observed to celebrate Humanity and to give primacy to the human and spiritual, rather than to the material values of life. Though as Human we all are far much intelligent than animals but we still suffer from greed, jealousy, anger, hatred, lust etc. We are at war with each other be it regarding borders of our countries or acquiring more wealth. There is a need for us to be at peace with each other at all levels. To focus on the path that we are Human Beings and that we should act as such, is the driving force behind this observance.

History - The International Society of Friendship and Good Will, founded by Dr. Stanley Drake in 1978, is dedicated to the time-honoured principles embodied in its name. To encourage and foster the advancement of international understanding, better human relations, friendship, good will, and peace through a world fellowship of men and women of good will. The idea for an international organization to foster international understanding, better human relations, peace, friendship, and good will came to Dr. Stanley J. Drake on his 60th birthday, March 8, 1976, when he was contemplating retiring as president of Fort Lauderdale University. Dr. Drake discussed the kind of organization he envisaged with his internationally minded friends in the United States and corresponded with others in Europe, and two years later, on March 8. 1978, the International Society of Friendship and Good Will (ISFGW) came into existence. The Society sponsors and promotes 22 events and observances including the Universal Human Beings Week

It is not a public holiday.