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International Day of Friendship · Live Global Session

Friends Forever.

Some friendships survive distance. Some survive decades. Some survive everything.

A free online session from Healing Our Earth, marking the UN International Day of Friendship. Watch from anywhere — nothing to sign up for.

Sun 2 Aug 20262pm BST onwards

16 voices · 3 countries

Free · No registration

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Voices, Panelists & Contributors

Across one continuous live stream

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Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly

A day for friendship between peoples and cultures

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Countries, One Global Room

United Kingdom · India · Israel

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For Everyone, Everywhere

Healing Our Earth · 2026

About the Session — Friends Forever

No one heals
alone.

Global Namaste. Think of the friend who picked up the phone when you had no one else to call. The one who has been there since school. The one you met last year and somehow already trust with everything. This Sunday, Healing Our Earth celebrates all of them.

"Friendship is the quietest force on Earth — and one of the most healing."

Marking the UN International Day of Friendship, we gather voices from around the world for an afternoon on the people who show up: why connection is medicine and loneliness isn't harmless, how friendship crosses cultures, faiths, generations and borders, and how to rebuild the friendships we've let drift.

Join us live on Sunday 2nd August 2026 from 2pm BST. No registration. No ticket. Bring nothing but the name of one friend you're grateful for.

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On the Programme

🤝 The Friendships That Changed a Life

Real stories from Rachel Woolf, Heather DeAtley and Sarah Mills.

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💚 Connection Is Medicine

Why friendship shows up in our health — with Dr Anukul Goaswami and Dr Ghazala Jabeen.

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🌏 Friendship Across Every Border

Voices from Britain, India and Israel in one room.

iv.

📞 The Ones We Let Drift

How to reach back out — and why it's almost never too late.

🙏 Thank You For Your Contributions

Hosted by Lead Anchor Dr Amrita Sharma, with Dr. Kailash Parekh MBE throughout.

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🎵 A Song for Friendship

Resident Singer Shrii Gautam at 4:30pm BST.

International Day of Friendship — Friends Forever · Healing Our Earth · Sunday 2nd August 2026, 2pm BST

International Day of Friendship · Healing Our Earth

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart
and can sing it back when you've forgotten the words."

On one Sunday afternoon, people who have never met sit in the same room and talk about the ones who carried them. Friendship isn't sentimental — it is the thing that gets us through illness, grief, migration, loneliness and ordinary Tuesdays. Come as you are, and bring the name of one friend you're grateful for.

🇬🇧 2pm BST

🇮🇱 4pm Israel

🇮🇳 6:30pm IST

🇪🇺 3pm CEST

🇺🇸 9am EDT

The Lineup — Confirmed

Voices, Hosts
& Friends.

Sixteen voices from the UK, India and Israel — every session free, live, and open to everyone.

Lead Anchor · India 🇮🇳

Dr Amrita Sharma

2:00pm

2:00pm BST · 6:30pm India

Resident Panelist · UK 🇬🇧

Dr. Kailash Parekh MBE

Throughout

2pm BST onwards

Lead Panelist · UK 🇬🇧

Dr Anukul Goaswami

2:30pm

2:30pm BST

Resident Panelist · UK 🇬🇧

Dr Ghazala Jabeen

5:00pm

5:00pm BST

Resident Contributor · Israel 🇮🇱

Rachel Woolf

2:10pm

2:10pm BST · 4:10pm Israel

Resident Contributor · Israel 🇮🇱

Heather DeAtley

2:30pm

2:30pm BST · 4:30pm Israel

Resident Contributor

Sarah Mills

2:50pm

2:50pm BST

Contributor · India 🇮🇳

Bhav Parekh

3:05pm

3:05pm BST · 7:35pm India

Contributor · India 🇮🇳

Ushma Meswani

3:20pm

3:20pm BST · 7:50pm India

Contributor · India 🇮🇳

Deepak Valand

3:35pm

3:35pm BST · 8:05pm India

Resident Contributor · UK 🇬🇧

Vaishali Acharya

3:50pm

3:50pm BST

Resident Contributor · Israel 🇮🇱

Rena Shoshana

4:15pm

4:15pm BST · 6:15pm Israel

Resident Singer · UK 🇬🇧

Shrii Gautam

4:30pm

4:30pm BST

Resident Contributor · UK 🇬🇧

Dr Honey Kalaria

5:00pm

5:00pm BST

Resident Contributor

Acharya Sri Shivam

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Guest Contributor

Peter Wellings

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