HESSEQUA NEWS - Every year on 18 July, we celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day by giving 67 minutes of our time to do something charitable and positive in our community.
How do you plan on spending your 67 minutes? This year's Mandela Day is dedicated to fighting poverty and is a global call to action for us to recognize our individual power to make a positive change to the world around us.
• Create or join a Nelson Mandela Day event.
• Pack a hamper with groceries for the Stilbaai Lions Club supermarket trolley project.
• Lend a helping hand at the Ou Meule or Jan Lange Old Age Home in Riversdale.
• Give your time and volunteer your skills at the Ha!Qua Centre in Riversdale.
• Spend your 67 minutes with the disabled residents of Soeterus in Melkhoutfontein.
• Help Riversdale Child Welfare to create better futures for our children.
• Volunteer your time or donate goods to Solidariteit in Riversdale.
• Help pack meals at your local supermarket.
• Donate your time or some much-needed goods to old age homes.
• Donate to the local Lukhayna Chreche in Kwanokuthula.
• Help Operation Smile South Africa and give a child a smile.
• Sign-up as a volunteer at the Thusong Centre in Riversdale.
• Volunteer your time or donate goods to Badisa in the region.
• Volunteer your time or donate old reading glasses to local ophthalmologists.
. Join the #10 000 trees campaign of Hessequa Municipality and plant a tree.
• Save a life: Donate blood or register as an organ donor.
• Decorate readymade dog kennels and donate it to Cars in Riversdale or Stilbaai Animal Protection.
• Join the Power Of Literacy Mandela Day Challenge and donate books to primary schools.
Launched in 2009 on Madiba’s birthday, the day is an annual celebration of Madiba’s life to remind us of the sacrifices and changes one person can make for the benefit of all. He gave 67 years of his life fighting for our human rights.
The hashtags for Mandela Day are #ActionAgainstPoverty and #MandelaDay, so be sure to follow the action online.
Make every day a Mandela Day and grab the opportunity to positively change your communities for the better. By giving your time, you not only pay tribute to his legacy, but also continue his lifelong struggle to uplift the country and the world.
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