Today is World Doll Day. The World Doll Day was established in 1986 by a woman named Mildred Seeley, to celebrate not only dolls, but caring, love and the people offering it, in general.
Mildred Seeley (1918 – 2001) was an avid doll collector and a dollmaking entrepreneur. She is also author of numerous books about doll collecting and doll making. She became known internationally for her collection of French dolls which sold for $1.8m in 2002.
Our little doll owners in the pictures definitely do not care about the financial value of their dolls but they enjoy playing family with them and nurturing and loving them as their own babies – or just brushing their hair.
World Environment day is observed on June 5 every year across the globe. This year’s theme is «Connecting People to Nature».
World Environment Day was inaugurated in 1972 following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden – the first international conference on environmental issues. Since then, approximately 150 countries around the globe actively participate in the activities of the World Environment Day. Cambodia is one of them. Cambodia faces in particular a big waste problem. In Battambang, for instance, a waste disposal service was only just recently introduced – if only in limited areas. Therefore, many communities are still without public waste disposal service and thus people simply burn their waste in the evening. They do it in the evening as the smell of burnt plastic is extremely unpleasant and toxic fumes are also released as a result.
In the Safe House there is no public waste disposal service but on the initiative of Theavy Bun and Patrik Roux, big containers were installed where plastic bottles as well as cans can be deposited. Once they are full they are collected by somebody who buy them as raw materials (plastic and aluminium) per kilo.
The purpose of the World Environment Day is to draw attention to recycling, the destruction of nature and the awareness of our environment.
Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. Moreover, the documentary pays tribute to the beauty of nature as well as its fragility.
This is a day that gives us all a break from the regular daily routine. There are two options for this day. You can eat all meals out. Or, you can use disposable paper plates, cups and silverware.
It is nice to have a choice. In the Safe House in Battambang they do not have a choice but to clean huge piles of dirty dishes three times every day. Plus, the dish washing is done in a very traditional way.
Cooking – just as dish washing – is a community affair. For parties or big meals, everybody has to give a helping hand. Vegetables and fruit are cut and prepared in very large quantities. There is also a very big demand for garlic. At least they can be sure that – even if only occasionally – vampires are banned from the premises.
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. Mark Twain
The Ice Saints or Frost Saints are known in France, Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other parts of Europe. According to popular belief they represent a period in May during which there is an increased likelihood of night frost falling on the feast days of certain saints, thus jointly nicknamed « Frost Saints » or « Ice Saints ».
Popular belief has is that the weather becomes stable only after May 15 which is dedicated to Saint Sophie – nicknamed Cold Sophie. The names derive from bishops and martyrs from the 4th and 5th century. They are Mamertus (May 11), Pankratius (May 12), Servatius (May 13), Bonifatius (May 15) and Sophie (May 15).
People in Battambang (Cambodia) do not have to be scared of a dramatic drop in temperature for the month of May. The average temperature in May is 29.1° centigrade. Right now temperatures are in the higher range at up to 34° centigrade.
Despite the high temperatures, we are looking for clothes, i.e. summer clothes for our children living in the Safe House in Battambang. Boys and girls are 3 to 18 years of age. Please donate here.
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