“Where there is poverty and sickness, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all. After 90 years of life, it is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now”.
(Nelson Mandela, Hyde Park, London, 2008)

The United Nations has declared July 18th as International Nelson Mandela Day.  The central theme of the day is that everyone could give up 67 minutes of their time to help others, as  Nelson Mandela says, it’s in our hands, to make a difference in our communities and beyond.  The 67 minutes represents the 67 years that Nelson Mandela fought for social equality for all.

In the first of a series of events for this year’s Nelson Mandela Day, 30 young cyclists from Johannesburg set out on a 500km cycle. They left on Human Rights Day and travelled the same path as the Sharpeville Massacre. See: Nelson Mandela Foundation