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Trip dates April 19-22 2017 Geetika & Alok Gupta Kalpana & Arjun Rajani WELCOMHERITAGE CORBETT RAMGANGA RESORT, CORBETT Manjeet Singh (93105 10582/98102 01335) Contact person in Delhi Gaurav Kapoor Reservation Executive WelcomHeritage 25, Shopping Centre, Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi -110057, India Tel No: 011- 46035500, Fax: 011- 46035528 Email:  holidays @welcomheritagehotels. in , website:  www.welcomheritagehotels.in No internet service!!! like it was 10 years back, airtel signal very weak and no JIO Day 1 - 19 April 2017 - left delhi at 7 am reached Welcom at 2:30 had lunch rested jumped into the pool had dinner Day 2 20 April - left early at 5 for the jeep safari - saw deers etc but no Tigers - it was great fun inspite of no tiger citing day 3 21 april - went at 7 to ranikhet and returned at 4 pm day 4 lazed around dipped into the pool late lunch reached de...

#mashable #UnitedNations #UN # UN Week Digital Media Lounge-September 21-24 2010. Should be an interesting week!! Read more at  http://mashable.com/un-week/digital-media-lounge/ ;  https://mashable.com/2010/09/24/live-watch-the-un-week-digital-media-lounge-video/ ;  https://mashable.com/2010/08/31/announcing-the-un-week-digital-media-lounge/ ;  https://mashable.com/2010/09/30/mashables-un-week-2010-wrap-report/ Goals of the  UN Week Digital Media Lounge  include: (Source:  https://mashable.com/2010/08/31/announcing-the-un-week-digital-media-lounge/ ) Bringing together in one venue the influential people behind traditional and new media. Presenting rare opportunities to view presentations and meet face-to-face with key leaders on important global issues. Providing unique content and discussions held outside of the UN. Broadcasting major MDG Summit/UN Week presentations directly to 92Y. Raising awareness of the Millennium Developm...

Water shortages are likely to be trigger for wars, says UN chief Ban Ki Moon: Read more at  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2994650.ece he average hamburger takes 2,400 liters, or 630 gallons, of water to produce, and many water-intensive crops, such as cotton, are grown in arid regions.

Education of a child starts from the family and mother is the first teacher. But, the irony in India is that although the deity of education is a female i.e. Goddess Saraswati according to the Hinduism, innumerable number of women are illiterate. Read more here  http://www.publishyourarticles.org/knowledge-hub/essay/an-essay-on-educating-the-girl-child-means-educating-the-family.html “ I ask you all so earnestly to open girl’s schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised, then their children will, by their noble actions, glorify the name of the Country. “ —Swami Vivekananda Today’s girl child will be the mother of tomorrow. As a mother she can give her child .......... read it all here  http://www.preservearticles.com/201103024343/essay-on-educating-a-girl-child-means-educating-the-family.html

Educating girls is the most powerful and effective way to address global poverty. Room to Read supports girls so that they not only graduate, but also develop the skills they need to negotiate key life decisions. Read more at  http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=284 In many countries in the developing world, education isn’t free. Families must pay school fees to local governments, buy uniforms, books, and supplies and do without the income of a child who might otherwise be working. Faced with tough decisions about how to use their scarce resources, many families choose to send boys to school, but keep girls at home and put them to work. But when girls do get an education, the impact on the family, village, and entire nation can be dramatic. Consider these facts: read more at  http://www.sendgirlstoschool.org/