South Africa is celebrating Mandela Day. South Africans are encouraged to spend 67 minutes of their time to help someone who needs it.
Mandela Day encourages us to be better citizens whose aim is to be the change we want to see in our country. However, this should not only be practised on our former president’s birthday, it should serve as a reminder of the importance of looking out to a fellow citizen regardless of their gender, age and race.Charity begins at home; let us not only focus on that organisation we have to travel for hours to get to, you could also help out your neighbour or that elderly citizen who lives alone down the street. At the end of the day, we need to remember that the focus should be on the person who is on the receiving end. It is not about publicity; our service should be offered in the spirit of Ubuntu.
This is what different organisations and people on Twitter had to say:
#MandelaDay2015 We will be at the MES shelter today setting up a soup kitchen, donating blankets and shoes & assisting to clean the shelter.— ORTambo (@ortambo_int) July 18, 2015
— Dark Diamond (@ddctalent) July 18, 2015
Poverty is not an accident like slavery & apartheid, it is man made & can be removed by the actions of human beings #MandelaDay2015— The Massess!!!! (@Mas_Matheba) July 18, 2015
A good head & heart are a formidable combination. But when you add a literate tongue or pen,then you have something special.#MandelaDay2015— Khethi Tshikosi (@Khethi) July 18, 2015
What are you doing this #MandelaDay2015? Tmrw, I'll play Diski to raise Ching for Girls' Pads so they stay in school pic.twitter.com/5DVWHnKcbp— Buti Manamela (@ButiManamela) July 18, 2015
#MandelaDay2015 every day is a Mandela Day, respect others, be kind, give and show love to fellow human beings!— Valeria Mahlangu (@eutrival) July 18, 2015
— Dineo Ranaka (@DineoRanaka) July 18, 2015
for a little while, be selfless One small act of kindness can make the world of difference in someone else's life. Do good. #MandelaDay— Khanya Mkangisa (@KhanyaMkangisa) July 18, 2015
How will you serve ? #MandelaDay pic.twitter.com/kelxwbNcu6— RSA Min of Sport (@MbalulaFikile) July 18, 2015
Minister Nkoana-Mashabane: no child is an orphan when there are adults around, neighbours should care for children as their own #MandelaDay— SA Gov News (@SAgovnews) July 17, 2015
"It always seems impossible until it is done." #MandelaDay celebrates service. http://t.co/IuLVHVS0gv #Time2Serve pic.twitter.com/Y5WGIgZIIq— United Nations (@UN) July 18, 2015
This #MandelaDay let us remember Madiba's legacy and “Take Action – Inspire Change & Make Every Day a Mandela Day”. pic.twitter.com/T0XdG2AqkZ— Topbilling (@SABC3Topbilling) July 18, 2015
— Phumzile Mlambo (@phumzileunwomen) July 18, 2015
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