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International Day of Happiness 2020: Here's all you need to know

March 20 is the International Day of Happiness. As we face a global crisis together, let’s find positive ways to look after ourselves and each other.

The International Day of Happiness is celebrated across the world every year on March 20. It was initially founded and conceptualized in 2006 by Jayme Illien, CEO of the United Nations New World Order project.

International Day of Happiness 2020: Theme

World Happiness Day theme 2020 is all about being happier together. The theme mainly focuses on what we have in common instead of focusing on the things that divide us. The theme of 2020 is 'happiness for all'. The very first International Happiness Day was observed on March 20 in the year 2013 and since then it is being celebrated every year. The campaign theme of International Day of Happiness 2020 is "Happiness For All, For Ever" that aims at focusing on what we have in common, rather than what divides us. As nowadays migration is increasing, people from different countries and backgrounds are living side by side. Communities are now made up of people with several beliefs like religious, political, etc.

International Day of Happiness: History and Significance

The International Day of Happiness was founded by Jayme Illien, CEO of the United Nations New World Order project in 2006. But it was on March 20, 2013, when the first-ever International Day of Happiness was celebrated with the launch of UNDOHappiness. Ten Steps to Global Happiness, was declared as the global campaign themes that year and it has since become an annual tradition. These ten steps to global happiness are ten easy steps any individual, organization, or country, can take on the international day of happiness, and throughout happiness week, to celebrate the international day of happiness, while also advancing the happiness, wellbeing, and freedom of all life on earth by 2050, when the United Nations forecasts global population to reach 10 billion.

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