Every year on July 30th, people around the world come together to celebrate World Friendship Day. It's a day dedicated to recognizing and appreciating the importance of friendship in our lives. This observance encourages people from different backgrounds and cultures to come together, build bridges, and strengthen their friendships. Friendship is indeed one of life's greatest gifts. It brings immeasurable joy, support, and a profound sense of belonging to our lives. True friends are like pillars of strength, standing by our side through all the ups and downs, providing a comforting and reassuring presence that makes life's challenges easier to bear.

The International Day of Friendship is an initiative that follows the proposal made by UNESCO defining the Culture of Peace as a set of values, attitudes and behaviours that reject violence and endeavour to prevent conflicts by addressing their root causes to solve problems. It was then adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1997. To mark the International Day of Friendship the UN encourages governments, international organizations and civil society groups to hold events, activities and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding and reconciliation.

There are a variety of event types to make the celebration enjoyable and memorable:
• Video Creator: There is no limit to creativity these days, you can make a creative video of yourself on the theme of the given activity and use the hashtag #Creator
• Dance Champs: Dance brings in a festive mood and enthusiasm among us as well as spectators. You can make a fun and inspirational dance video and use the hashtag #Dancer
• Artists: This is yet another activity where you can showcase your art and craft work by using the hashtag #Artist
• Techno Geek: This is the way that is both fun and informative. Display your creative skills, especially with the availability of technology using the hashtag #Techguru
• Just a minute: Make a one-minute speaking video to motivate others through your words related to sustainable development goals. Use the hashtag #Speaker
• Sustainability superstars: We are encouraging our youth to work towards achieving sustainable goals, you can share your good work here and create an impact.

This year, Go Sharpener came up with an activity to celebrate International Friendship Day, Have a Green Picnic with your friends and post pictures and videos on the platform.

Now let’s check out some of the entries that we have received:

Bhagyashree from Ryan International School Mayur Vihar
Aanya Jha from Ryan International School, Noida Extension
Afifa Siddiqui from Victor Public School
Ajitesh Bhatt from St. Marks Senior Secondary Public School Meera Bagh

Niharika Bisht from GD Goenka Public School, Rohini sector 22
Aradhya Malhotra from St. Marks Senior Secondary Public School Meera Bagh
Anaisha Jain from Manav Rachna International School, Gurugram Sector 46

Friendship Day signifies the importance of harmonious friendships, which ultimately help in promoting love and peace among human beings. And at last, We thank everyone else who participated in this activity. Do share, like and comment down your views, Stay tuned for the next blog that will cover World Population Day.