3 0 ▁families . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁K erm ans h ah ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁Education ▁Fre edom ▁Day ▁( E FD ) ▁is ▁an ▁international ▁event ▁launched ▁by ▁the ▁Digital ▁Fre edom ▁Foundation ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁It ' s ▁ann ually ▁observed ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 1 . ▁It ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁other ▁Fre edom ▁Days , ▁namely ▁Software , ▁Hard ware ▁and ▁Culture ▁Fre edom ▁Day . ▁The ▁goal ▁of ▁E DF ▁is ▁spread ▁knowledge ▁and ▁aw aren ess ▁regarding ▁the ▁benefits ▁of ▁using ▁free ▁software ▁and ▁free ▁educational ▁resources ▁for ▁education . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Education ▁Fre edom ▁Day ▁was ▁observed ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁The ▁date , ▁however , ▁had ▁to ▁later ▁be ▁changed ▁due ▁to ▁in compat ib ilities ▁with ▁local ▁hol id ays ▁such ▁as ▁Chinese ▁New ▁Year ▁and ▁summer ▁hol id ays ▁when ▁schools ▁are ▁closed . ▁Pres ently ▁it ▁is ▁observed ▁in ▁March . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁EF D ▁was ▁observed ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 1 . ▁ ▁Event ▁organization ▁is ▁handled ▁by ▁D FF ▁and ▁volunte ers ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁Vol unte ers ▁are ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁organ ize ▁events ▁that ▁benefit ▁local ▁educational ▁communities . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Official ▁website ▁ ▁Category : Free ▁software ▁culture ▁and ▁documents ▁Category : Intern ational ▁observ ances ▁Category : M arch ▁observ ances <0x0A> </s> ▁Lucy ▁S ka