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World Water Day 2013: Saving lives and changing attitudes

Posted in information, Life by Mohamed Abdulla Shafeeg on March 22, 2013

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Today is World Water Day, an initiative from the United Nations to help get sanitation and drinking water to those who need it most. Held every March 22, it celebrates its 20th anniversary today.

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Happy 2013

Posted in Life by Mohamed Abdulla Shafeeg on January 1, 2013

Happy 2013May this new year be a step forward, In leading you to new adventures, New roads to explore and new success to reach!

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Noonu Velidhoo: My homeland

Posted in Life by Mohamed Abdulla Shafeeg on November 19, 2007

Velidhoo (Dhivehi: ވެލިދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Noonu Atoll. The origin of the first settlers of the Velidhu Island still remains a mystery. The historians date early settlers back to 5th century BC with the Aryan immigrants coming from neighboring countries India and Srilanka. According to early settlers the Veliduans we found today mix up of people from the near two islands in the atoll. The Magoodhoo and Tholhendhoo Island and today Velidhu is found as the island with highest population count within the atoll. The Veliduans’ language is Dhivehi .

– Source: wikipedia

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