Mandela Day

18 Jul 2014

Mandela Day was officially adopted by the United Nations as an international day in 2009. The initiative, held each year on Mandela’s birthday, asks each of us to give 67 minutes of our time to a positive initiative in our communities. The initiative is no longer limited to South Africa and people all over the world are encouraged to take part.

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