The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat Day

The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat DayOn Oct. 4, 2010, in recognition of World Habitat Day, Habitat for Humanity will raise awareness of the need for improved shelter and highlight Habitat’s priorities: the worldwide connection between human health and housing, and, in the United States, neighborhood revitalization. These themes echo the United Nations’ chosen theme for 2010 for events in the host city of Shanghai, China and the rest of the world: “Better City, Better Life.”

via World Habitat Day Oct. 4, 2010 – Social Media News Release.

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