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June 14th, 2018: During his present World Tour, singer and songwriter Harry Styles has chosen various local charities in his tour cities to support through some of the proceeds from his ticket and merchandise sales. While in Scotland at Glasgow recently, he chose to give support to a special conference named The Soul of Women which is an event preceding the World Peace Festival held at the World Peace Prayer Society Sanctuary in Dumfries and Galloway. Dumfries is home to Clare Uchima, a member of Harry’s band on tour. Clare’s parents are both very involved, with her mum being an organizer of the event and her father handmaking their world peace poles at the Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Scotland.

According to BBC a spokesperson for the event, Glenda Thorton, stated they “were very thankful” for Harry Styles’s support and the funding was being used for the conference which is “everybody and anybody” to attend; she further explained “it is to explore how we can create a more balanced world.”

  This June 23rd will be the second Soul of WoMen event held, with its focus on balancing the masculine and feminine qualities in ourselves, communities, and the world.

Throughout the day the participants will be focusing on how to inspire and empower a more gender-balanced world.

According to their World Peace Festival website, there will be key guest speakers, round-table discussions, and workshops which involve seeking real world solutions to answer the question: How can we create a more balanced world locally and globally, wherein qualities within us all are working in harmony?

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This conference is not the only work done with the The World Peace Innitiative. The Allanton World Peace Santuary, for example, works year round and already has in place an approach in education called the ‘Peace Prevails Programme’ which they began in 2005. This involves training teachers who work with the next generation children of the world by helping them incorporate within their daily school education an awareness of what world peace can be and how it mighth look for the future. The course is called “May Peace Prevail On Earth” and is an on-line training course for educators accessible world-wide with hopes for educators internationally to get involved in their World Peace vision.

The World Peace Festival, which follows the Soul of WoMen event, is on June 24th and consists of a World Peace Flag ceremony, live music, and many diverse workshops for celebrating the cultural diversity of humanity.

More information about the event or how to make a donation to give your support can be found here.

Pictures credit to Helene Pambrun and the World Peace Festival website. Clare Uchima’s picture taken by a fan tho whom we give credit. 

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June 2, 2017: This week Gemma Styles, (sister of Harry Styles), posted a tweet about registering with DKMS to help end blood cancers through blood stem cell donations. People in need of a blood stem cell donation are fighting life-threatening diseases such as leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. By replacing their cancerous blood cells through a blood stem cell donation from a matching donor is their best chance of survival, (according to the DKMS website’s scientific research sites.)

Registering as a potential donor is an easy process that requires a simple cheek swab using a requested Swab Kit sent to you from DKMS. Gemma demonstrated this technique on her Twitter post. (Photos shared here are credited to her twitter account):

The cheek swab sample will be registered worldwide to help those with blood cancers find a potential match for a stem cell donor, potentially saving their life. More about how this procedure takes place is found in the video below (provided by the DKMS website):

DKMS first started in Germany in 1991 and is the world’s largest donor center. It has  branching globally and is now working within the United States, Poland, Spain and the U.K. with more than 7 million registered donors world-wide. DKMS has been working towards increasing this number to give blood cancer patients much better odds of beating their disease.

Making people aware of their potential to save a life by registering and being willing to donate if matched is crucial. Gemma Styles’s Twitter post, and many others like hers, dedicated to spreading the word on their social media about blood stem cell registry helps this cause tremendously.

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The pictures above represent but a few of the many patients from the UK appealing for a potential match. The DKMS website states that every 20 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma with 2,000 people in the UK are searching for a blood stem cell donation every year. Currently over 37,000 people are waiting worldwide.

A blood stem cell donation from a matching donor could save their lives.

For more information on becoming a potential donor to save someone’s life through registry, or to help their efforts through a donation, start here.

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June 21, 2017: The MacMillan Cancer Support is one of Britain’s oldest and largest charities offering support to anyone affected by cancer. Founded in 1911 by a young man named Daniel MacMillan after the loss of his father to the disease, MacMillan experienced how vital it was to have access to information involving treatments and their side effects, what financial help is available, and where to find immediate help in finding these resources.

Below is a video (shared from their website ) of their historic timeline from the beginning of MacMillan Cancer Support and how the charity has grown through the years:

MacMillan Cancer Support has been able to provide many people with the help that young MacMillan wanted for his father and motivated him to create the charity. Through the years, the charity has been able to grow and change as needed with more that is learned about the disease. According to the MacMillan Research Statistic Factsheet there are 2.5 million people in the UK alone living with cancer and a predicted estimate of 4 million by 2030.

Therefore, the continued support for information and research funded from volunteer help has never been more vital. Operating primarily by donations through very organized fundraising; (see our earlier articles about the generous volunteer work that Harry Styles’s mum, Anne Twist, has been doing for MCS), the MacMillan Cancer Support has been able to help more than 5.8 million lives dealing with cancer!

The charity helps those living with cancer by operating like a powerhouse source of the latest, most reliable and well-researched information involving cancer that’s available. Whether a person has just discovered the cancer or they are well into the progression of treatments, the charity joins the individual right where they are and continues with them on their journey.

It can provide help in medical needs with nearly 4,000 specialized nurses experienced in the care of patients receiving cancer treatments and in palliative services. MacMillan also provides a Help Line by phone or website to answer any questions and offer a place to chat with others who experiencing similar needs. MacMillan Cancer Support is able to support grants for medical research involving the latest development of treatments towards a cure for those who seek education coursework in that field.

MacMillan makes this statement about their belief on its website:

“Life with cancer is still life and we’ll help you live it. Right from the moment you’re diagnosed, through your treatment and beyond, we’re a constant source of support, giving you the energy and inspiration to help you take back control of your life, and feel more like yourself again.”

Here are just a few stories of the many ways MacMillan Cancer Support has touched lives: (shared from their site):

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You can become involved with MacMillan in several ways by becoming a volunteer to help at one of their centers, be part of an organizing event like Coffee Mornings and marathons, or through your own individual fundraising donations.

Ways to get involved start here

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