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World Kindness Day
Do one small kind thing.
Next: November 13, 2026
Where it comes from
World Kindness Day was created by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of kindness organisations that took shape at a conference in Tokyo on 20 September 1997, when Japan's Small Kindness Movement brought like-minded groups together for the first time.
How it's celebrated
Member organisations plan their own activities during World Kindness Week, the second week of November, and cities that qualify as 'World Kindness Cities' announce it on the day. For everyone else, the day asks for something small: a thank-you note, help for a neighbour, a kind word to a stranger.
Did you know
Japan's Small Kindness Movement began on 13 June 1963, inspired by a University of Tokyo graduation speech in which its president, Seiji Kaya, urged students to practise small kindnesses.
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