Service was close to Nelson Mandela’s heart. It characterises every stage of his life from activist to prisoner, to President and to pensioner.
When we launched Nelson Mandela International Day in 2009, we hoped that individuals and organisations throughout the world would ultimately make every day a Mandela Day by doing good in their own communities. His birth month of July affords us an opportunity to rally together behind his ideals and to promote his legacy.
Our campaigns from 8 July to 18 July are detailed below:
Event name: Taxi Drivers Countdown to Mandela Day
Date: 8 July 2016
Venue: MTN Taxi Rank
Details: SA Taxi supporting Nelson Mandela Day: Mandela Day bumper sticker on + 10 000 taxis at the rank, MTN and Coca Cola activating with us on the day with a provision of a mobile stage and promo material that can also carry the Mandela Day messaging.
This project is spearheaded by the NMF, in partnership with the taxi industry through SA Taxi and Suzuki.
Event name: Trek for Mandela send-off
Date and time: 13 July 2016, 6am to 9am
Send-off venue: OR Tambo International. Terminal B viewing deck
Details: Last year, 36 people took on the challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with the aim of raising awareness and funds to keep 27 000 girls in school. The goal was met. This year, 43 people will join the cause with the aim of keeping 350 000 girls in school throughout the year.
Event name: Follow the Sun International Mandela Day
Date: 14 July 2016 (media launch)
Details: This year, Stop Hunger Now Southern Africa will be part of the global movement to eradicate hunger on Nelson Mandela International Day. Further, in order to live the legacy, Stop Hunger Now SA will be hosting meal-packaging events from 13 July to 21 July 2016 across seven cities in South Africa.
Event name: Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Series Media Conference
Date and time: 14 July 2016, 10:30am
Venue: Nelson Mandela Foundation
Event name: The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Series
Date and time: 17 July 2016, 5pm to 8pm
Venue: University of Pretoria (Mamelodi Campus)
Details: The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Series invites prominent people to drive debate on significant social issues. The lecture series is an important event on the Foundation’s calendar, and encourages people to enter into dialogue, often about difficult subjects in order to address the challenges we face today.
Event name: Vodacom Change the World – Food-parcel packing
Date and time: 15 July 2016, 9am to 10:30am
Venue Vodaworld, Midrand
Details: Vodacom partners with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Department of Basic Education to help focus on the importance of food security as proper nutrition is important for the development of schools goers.
Event name: Vodacom Bikers for Mandela
Date and time: 15 July 2016, 6am to 8am
Send-off venue: Vodaworld, Midrand|
Details: Bikers will be travelling from Johannesburg to Mpumalanga to serve the community through the four pillars of Mandela Day.
Event name: MTN Music for Madiba
Date and time: 6 July 2016, 12pm to 4pm
Venue: Phase1, MTN Innovation Centre
Details: MTN is celebrating Madiba’s legacy. This will be the third annual concert.
Event name: Nelson Mandela Foundation activation for Mandela Day
Date and time: 18 July 2016, 9am to 5pm (Activities run in periods of two to three hours with each organisation participating in an area through the day)
Venue: Dr Mathole Motshekga Primary, Tembisa
Details: On 8 June 2016, Nelson Mandela Foundation staff, joined by partners and members of the community, launched Nelson Mandela International Day 2016 at Dr Mathole Motshekga Primary. The work achieved on that day is by no means complete – on July 18, they will return and further their efforts.
Achieved on 8 June 2016:
- Library completed (painted, tiled and resourced with books)
- Garden seed donation contributed to sustain the garden with Food and Trees for Africa
Work scheduled for 18 July 2016:
- The sports ground
- Tiling four classrooms
- Painting all 23 classrooms
- Sickroom donated by Clinix to be installed
Event name: Habitat for Humanity – Mandela Day Build
Date and time: 18 July 2018, 8am to 5pm
Venue: Orange Farm
Details: Habitat for Humanity will be building houses to focus on one of the four Mandela Day pillars: shelter.
Event name: Clean up and Recycle SA awareness launch with Plastic SA and Brand SA
Date: 18 July 2016
Venue: Richards Bay, coastal KwaZulu-Natal
Details: Plastic SA and Brand SA in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation to pick up and sort litter for recycling in KwaZulu-Natal.
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