Celebrate the life of Tata Madiba on #MTN MandelaDay
Organisation/Company Name: MTN
Location (Province, town): National
Activity: Every year, 18 July comes around, and we, as a nation, celebrate a great man’s birthday. This year though, our celebration will be with a heavy heart as our Tata is no longer with us, but even though he is no longer here, it does not mean that we should not celebrate his life.
MTN are celebrating the life of Tata Madiba with something that we are all familiar with, something that resonates with us and something that brings us together: music. Music has always formed such a vital part in our lives through both the happiest and saddest of moments, and so this year, on 18 July, MTN will be hosting a Mandela Day concert with performances by Davido, Praiz, Mafikizolo, Oskido, Uhuru, Harrysong, EmmyGee, KCEE and Black Motion.
This honorary performance will be a first of its kind for MTN, and because we want the whole nation to be part of this celebration, you will all be able to stream it live, for free, right here on our blog at www.mtnblog.co.za or www.mtn.co.za. If you’re more of a YouTuber, you’re welcome to stream it via our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/mtnza, but please note, that this will not be zero-rated. Standard data charges will apply.
Our 67 minute online celebration kicks off at 12PM this Friday, so make sure you bookmark the above URLs.
Contact details: email karen.vanzyl@mtn.co.za
Neotel Food Gardens for Nelson Mandela Day
Organisation/Company Name: Neotel
Location (Province, town): Three regions, Gauteng, Western Cape and KZN
Activity: In celebration of Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July 2014, Neotel will be dedicating time to helping develop food gardens in various regions around South Africa.
This will be done through Food & Trees for Africa – the first and only South African social enterprise that develops, promotes and facilitates greening, climate change action, food security and sustainable natural resource use and management.
As part of this initiative, Neotel has partnered with the Adopt-a-School Foundation, which encourages corporates to get involved in the schools that they are supporting and ensures that such projects continue well into the future.
Neotel would like to invite you to join them in making a difference to the lives of many school children where the gardens will be developed.
Contact details: email felicity@epiccommunications.co.za
SACOB IS GIVING AWAY 67 BURSARIES IN 67 MINUTES
Organisation/Company Name: South African College of Business (SACOB)
Location (Province, town): National
Activity: To celebrate the exceptional life of Nelson Mandela who dedicated 67 years to changing the lives of all South Africans, the South African College of Business (SACOB) is giving away 67 free online courses.
TO ENTER, simply click on the ‘67 Bursary’ banner from 9am till 10:07am (67 minutes) on 18 July, and you could win a bursary to study one of SACOB’s short courses. These courses are suitable for anyone, whether you want to upskill yourself in your current career, or you’re just starting out. Each entry will require students to complete an application form and a motivation, you can choose from the following short courses:
Cost Accounting
Basic Bookkeeping
Payroll Practices
General Management
Entrepreneurship
Financial Management
Taxation
Conference and Events Management
Marketing Management
Credit Management
Human Resource Management
Office Administration
ALL COURSES WILL BEGIN ON 6 OCTOBER AND RUN FOR 10 WEEKS, so applicants must be available to study during that time. These online courses require regular, active participation so applicants must have access to a computer and the internet.
THE BURSARY INCLUDES all study material and full access to The Online Classroom, which means you have access to video lectures, quizzes, discussions with your lecturer and peers as well as access to the Student Question and Answer Platform.
WINNERS will be announced on and notified by Friday 8th August 2014. Bursaries are awarded at the discretion of the College and are not transferable.
Contact details: bursaries@sacob.com or call 086 10 72262 / 021 701 5407
Black Signatcha Shoe-Shine Campaign
Organisation/Company Name: Black Signatcha
Location (Province, town): Zone4, Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg
Activity: We will host kids from in and around Meadowlands, Soweto, in Zone4 for a fun filled Black School Shoe Shining Fiesta. Madiba emphasised the importance of grooming our kids to future leaders.
We as Black Signatcha believe that school is the key to unlock that potential, and shining shoes will get them there. In addition, we will be excepting monetary and non-monetary donations from willing and participating parents.
This will help us grow this program into a Monthly-Weekly-Daily event. We also in a process of attaining relevant sponsors for this project’s future, “Our future is shining bright”
Contact details: blacksignatcha@yahoo.com
Bokamoso Community Outreach
Organisation/Company Name: Bokamoso Cross Mentorship Programme
Location (Province, town): Johannesburg , Gauteng
Activity: The Bokamoso Cross Mentorship Programme was established in 2007 by a group of young professionals who wanted to make a change in the country. We are a mentorship program that seeks to achieve a holistic development of high school learners.
For the 2014 year, we have identified a school whose learners are participating in the programme. Kwena Molapo High School is situated Lanseria and the learners are mainly from the Diepsloot, Thabo Mbeki informal settlements and surrounding Lanseria plots.
As part of the 2014 Bokamoso Social Outreach Programme, we will be refurbishing and repairing these mobile classrooms. The mentors and mentees on the programme will be painting the classrooms and erecting the classroom prefab structures into place. The other activities on the day involve cleaning the school and also stocking up the library with books donated by the mentees and mentors of the programme.
The day highlights the need and responsibility to serve wherever possible. The social responsibility day is often one that stands out in the year and one that we are proud to host at Bokamoso.
Contact details: email Bokamoso@investec.co.za or call Tshepo Hlongwane 082 553 1971, Busi Sibanyoni 082 758 4037 and Arnold Mokoena 072 615 2387.
Cleaning the Monwabisi Old Age Home in Nyanga with Springboks Bryan Habana and Tebobo “Oupa” Mohoje
Organisation/Company Name: South African Rugby Union (SARU)
Location (Province, town): Monwabisi Old Age Home in Nyanga, Cape Town
Activity: Cleaning the Monwabisi Old Age Home in Nyanga, reading for the children, TAG Rugby, children entertainment (jumping castle, face painting and balloon sculpting), and live radio broadcasting.
Locals are asked to join Springboks Bryan Habana and Tebobo “Oupa” Mohoje as well as 60 children on the TAG Rugby Association programme in Nyanga and approximately 200 children from the community.
Contact details: email: khayam@sarugby.co.za
City Parks and The Joburg Zoo go big for International Mandela Day
Organisation/Company Name: City Parks and the Joburg Zoo
Location (Province, town): Parks in the City of Johannesburg
Activity: The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) are cleaning the city’s parks and taking a bus drive in and around the city with the Executive Mayor of the City of Joburg, Clr Mpho Parks Tau as part of Mandela day 67minutes celebration.
The entourage will take a tour in a branded “Mandela Bus” which will be pit-stopping and participating in cleaning at various Mandela Day activities throughout Joburg.
The bus will arrive at 8:10am at the Johannesburg Metro Centre in Braamfontein departing at 8:30am to its next destination Joubert Park, Inner City at 9am. Join the Mayor as he participates alongside the community members in cleaning activities and handing over blankets at Joubert Park.
We’ll start in Joubert Park where approximately 200 homeless people will be cleaning the park, receiving a bite to eat and the distribution of blankets. The nearby crèche will receive a paint job and goodies handed to the children.
Citizens are asked to join hands with the Mayor as he helps celebrate Tata Madiba’s legacy of Ubuntu with the MMC for Community Development Clr Chris Vondo, the Managing Director of Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo Mr Bulumko Nelana by doing their part, either through clean-up, clearing of illegal dumping sites, river clean-up or anything which will be impactful to their environment.
We then move to Lakeside where a community vegetable garden will be unveiled and clean-ups with the Mayor and other officials. Thereafter we trek to Eldorado Park, participating in a clean-up of illegal dumping hot spots with the local greening organisation, “Go Green and Clean Campaign”.
Approximately 100 community members from Eldorado Park in Ext 8 will be cleaning open spaces, illegal dumping hot spots, and painting of walls in the soon to be developed “Green Path” in the park.
The EM, Clr Parks Tau and community members will be planting seeds and unveiling a restored Food Garden in Lakeside, Orange Farm.
Going throughout Joburg city parks to remote areas from the Inner City to Eldorado Park, Dobsonville, Central Gauteng Mental Health Society Centre (CGMHS.
Last stop is at the Central Gauteng Mental Health Centre for the development of a food garden and planting of fruit trees, with mini activities around Soweto. Thokoza Park before heading back to Braamfontein at 3pm.
Contact details: email nmattera@jhbcityparks.com
Mxit Reach announces the winners of its national writing competition.
Organisation/Company Name: Mxit Reach
Location (Province, town): Department of Design, 6-8 Vrede Street, Gardens, Cape Town
Activity: On #MandelaDay Mxit Reach will announce the winners of its national writing competition. High School learners in South Africa were asked to write a 300 word essay and submit on their cellphones (via Mxit).
In this essay they had to imagine themselves as 25 year olds and map their path from high school to their chosen career, etc.
Over 5000 learners registered for the competition, now there are 25 finalists. On Friday we will announce the overall winner of the competition. Each learner included details of how education played a role in helping them reach their goal
Contact details: email: Lea-Anne@mxit.com
O.R. Tambo International Airport celebrates Nelson Mandela
Organisation/Company Name: O.R. Tambo International Airport
Location (Province, town): Entokozweni Nursery School, Alexandra,Johannesburg
Activity: As South Africans and the world remember the life and times of Nelson Mandela, O.R. Tambo International Airport will celebrate this legend by handing over a refurbished kitchen (with cupboards, vinyl tiled floor, ceiling and new appliances, including a fridge, stove and microwave) to Entokozweni Nursery School in Alexandra.
Airport employees will spend two hours as part of their 67 minutes for Mandela Day participating in several activities such as cleaning the playground area at the nursery school, reading to the children and handing over food packs.
O.R. Tambo International’s line up for Mandela Day will include the following activities in collaboration with various partners:
Topturf will help create a new vegetable garden and donate vegetables seeds Obvious Builders will donate paint and assist airport staff to paint the pantry.
Gadget Girls will donate food packs for the kids on the day.
Big 5 will donate soccer balls and mugs.
Contact details: email Rich@tcf.co.za or call 083 880 1260
Monash South Africa Mandela Month Book Drive
Organisation/Company Name: Monash South Africa
Location (Province, town): Zandspruit, Johannesburg
Activity: This year on Mandela Day, 18 July, we will be delivering packs of books to Early Childhood Development centres in Zandspruit. Additional bags of books will be delivered to public schools in our area when they reopen after school holidays
Community engagement is an important part of the learning experience as we firmly believe it is important that our students have a well-rounded and holistic education. In the first half of 2014 alone, our students volunteered more than 2 700 hours. The book drive is one of the many initiatives led by students for other students and Monash South Africa has called on its education partners to embark on similar initiatives at their schools.
Contact details: email paballo.mosiane@monash.edu
Green neighbourhood Deipsloot
Organisation/Company Name: Green Neighbourhood project
Location (Province, town): At the Diepsloot Mall 11am, taxi’s provided. or at Extension 2 Pedestrian Bridge, Johannesburg
Activity: Our focus this year is on water and sanitation and we want to fix ‘67’ leaking taps in Extension 1. You may donate a tap at R40 each by sending a donation to Water and Sanitation Services Upgrading Program (WASSUP).
We are appealing to those with plumbing skills to assist on the day. Updates on the programme can be found at: facebook.com/WASSUP. Diepsloot
For banking details please email jennifer@stickysituations.org – tax invoices can be provided. All are welcome to join the street clean up (no plumbing skills required!). Please bring rubbish bags and gloves and be prepared to get a little dirty.
Contact details: Sticky Situations jennifer@stickysituations.org 082 677 7806, Bontle Ke Thlago Bernard Mulauzi mxomulauzi@gmail.com 073 067 9299 or Wassup Lerato Monama lerato.d.monama@gmail.com 072 806 1434
67 minutes of preserving the culture of learning
Organisation/Company Name: The Social Club
Location (Province, town): Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg
Activity: The Social Club plans to take 30 pupils from previously disadvantaged schools (Tiisetsong High, Landulwazi Comprehensive and Thoko-Thaba High) to visit the Rand Airport tour which includes a visit to the South African Airways Museum as well as Flying Schools around the airport and the Main Terminal Tower on the 18th July 2014 – International Mandela Day
The project seeks to build interest amongst black youth to have interest in the Aviation Industry and careers around it.
Contact details: email pusok.galaxys2@gmail.com
Free screenings of ‘Mandela: long walk to freedom’ on Mandela day
Organisation/Company Name: The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Ster-Kinekor
Location (Province, town): National
Activity: Videovision Entertainment, The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Ster-Kinekor have teamed up to celebrate Madiba by making the film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom available to the public at no cost.
The screenings will take place on 18 July 2014 at 09h45 at selected Ster-Kinekor cinemas across South Africa (see list below). Members of the public will be admitted on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Contact details: email Nilesh@videovision.co.za
LIV 67
Organisation/Company Name: LIV-Village
Location (Province, town): Durban
Activity:Lives are being transformed, souls are being saved, and stars are being raised up.
We’re so excited about Mandela Day that is just around the corner (18th July). LIV is going to be a hive of activity with many visiting supporters, ambassadors and allies. Unfortunately the village will be full to capacity and we are unable to host any additional groups on the day.
SMS ‘LIV’ to 40304 to donate R20 to LIV
Vote for LIV Village on the DSTV Do More Customer Community Support Care initiative by completing the online form.
Buy a LIV wristband and be an ongoing LIV Ambassador. Email Athi to find out where they are available for purchase, or chat to her about a bulk purchase (for a team, family, event).
Invite 6 or 7 friends around for tea, lunch, or dinner and share the LIV story by watching the LIV documentary.
Donate much needed blood (South African Blood Services) Volunteer at a crisis baby home or the local dog shelter Spend 67 minutes cleaning an area of the beach, or a local park, or your neighbourhood
If you have elderly neighbours, offer to mow their lawn, do their shopping, walk their dog… Smile at any strangers you see.
Contact details: email athi@liv-village.com
Rhodes University: trading live for Nelson Mandela day
Organisation/Company Name: Rhodes University
Location (Province, town): Rhodes University, Grahamstown
Activity:Between 18 and 25 July, Rhodes University will be holding its annual Trading Live for Nelson Mandela Day event. The purpose of the event is to encourage students, staff and community organisations to offer to trade skills, talents, hobbies and interests with interested parties for 67 minutes on any day between the 18 and 25 July.
To participate, interested parties contact the Rhodes Community Engagement Office and inform them of what they are offering to trade and what they need. It is hoped that the event will encourage a sense of community, giving and sharing, and help to build relationships and connections.
To this end, participants are not permitted to choose who they will be trading with, only what they would like to trade. On the basis of this information the Rhodes Community Engagement Office then assigns the partnerships.
The event also seeks to showcase the various talents and resources in the town and surrounding areas.
The initiative is a partnership between the Rhodes Community Engagement Office, Rhodes University’s Human Resources Division, Rhodes Music Radio and Grocott’s Mail.
The sorts of services being traded include lectures, various workshops and classes,performances and cleaning services.
Contact details: n.mngomezulu@ru.ac.za
Meals in memory: 67 minutes to meet the needs of half a million empty tummies
Organisation/Company Name: Stop Hunger Now
Location (Province, town): Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg and in Canal Walk Shopping Centre, Cape Town
Activity: We hope to involve over 4 000 volunteers to package 670 000 meals on the day, the largest number of meals packaged on a single day by Stop Hunger Now SA to date.
Each volunteer will package enough meals to feed a pre-school child, three meals a week for the school year. This means 4 000 children will now receive a regular, nutritious meal.
We are inviting all companies, government departments, embassies, consulates, service organisations, faith-based organisations and sports clubs to sponsor one or more packaging lines for R9 000, and to volunteer a team of between 20 and 25 people per line to package the meals.
Volunteers can be drawn from your staff, clients or members of your company or organisation. You can also sponsor a line on its own, and we will find volunteers through a public volunteer drive. Teams will package in shifts of 67 minutes throughout the day.
Contact details: Johannesburg call 011 872 2498 email jeanvw@stophungernowsa.org Jean van Wyk Cape Town at 021 705 6278 email davidj@stophungernowsa.org David Jacobs
Teach children to read and help us create a reading garden
Organisation/Company Name: Ripple Reading
Location (Province, town): Lanseria, Johannesburg
Activity: Firstly, our mission is to assist disadvantaged schools by providing Literacy Training to all the identified children, reading below their age appropriate level.
Secondly, to develop the potential of identified leaders (academic, sport and leadership abilities) in the school from disadvantaged backgrounds.
We need volunteers to assist us with the children and teaching them to read.
We also need people that can help us create two reading gardens and help us revamp two rooms that will be used for literacy.
Contact details: email riana@ripplereading.co.za
Empowering families to create their own future
Organisation/Company Name: Future Families
Location (Province, town): Pretoria, Gauteng
Activity: We have five offices and have various activities for Mandela Day, where volunteers can become involved.
Eersterust and Nellmapius: Renovating the school classroom for homework classes, planting vegetable gardens within the community
Olievenhoutbosch: Assistance with painting offices and providing lunch for homework class. Donations: paint and painting equipment, stationery, educational toys and toiletry packs for children.
Sunnyside: Painting the offices. Donations: egg shell colour paint and painting equipment. Assistance with the construction of a child’s playing area. Assistance in making a vegetable garden and the installation and plumbing of a kitchen sink, Donations: Seedlings, seeds, garden tools and a kitchen sink.
Mamelodi Ford Care Centre: Assistance with painting a granny`s house (2 rooms). Assistance with cleaning schools in Mamelodi, Donations: Clothing items. Paint and painting equipment, garden tools, tinned food for the HIV/AIDS Support Group.
Mamelodi Far East: Office renovations: kitchen cabinet; shelves and zinc. Lunch and entertainment for children holiday programmes. Donations: paint and painting equipment, educational toys, t-shirts, caps and toiletry packs for the children, a container to turn into another office.
Contact details: email claire@futurefamilies.co.za
Eastwave radio community leadership awards
Organisation/Company Name: Eastwave Radio (EWR)
Location (Province, town): Lenasia, Johannesburg
Activity: 3rd Annual Community Leadership Awards for Nelson Mandela International Day hosted by Eastwave Radio (EWR). The community leadership awards will proudly be hosted on 18 July 2014.
The objective of the Community Leadership Awards is to identify and celebrate the leadership and humanitarian initiatives brought in the spirit of “Creating a better world for all who live in it!”
EWR 92.2 fm, now long established in greater Gauteng, heeds this call and encourages interest from community members to nominate their local unsung heroes.
Awards are bestowed on individuals or organisations that have actively engaged with the community and improved the life of others.
Contact details: call +2 (0)11-854-4451 or email eastwavefm@telkomsa.net
67MINUTES FOR CHOC PE
Organisation/Company Name: CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation
Location (Province, town): Port Elizabeth
Activity: A music event celebrating Nelson Mandela while raising funds and awareness for CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation here in Port Elizabeth. This event is open to the public.
Thank you to The Music Kitchen and the local musicians who are supporting this cause currently and of course to the late icon for allowing us to have this platform to inspire change.
Contact details: email: jenjadevdbos@gmail.com
Painting Kennels at SPCA Stilfontein
Organisation/Company Name: God’s Butterfly
Location (Province, town): Northwest, Stilfontein
Activity:Painting Kennels at SPCA Stilfontein, come join us and bring your paint brushes and paint. Help us help the organisation. We also need paint sponsored, as well as brushes and rollers and volunteers. If you wish to donate blankets for the animals for the bitter cold, it would be appreciated.
Contact details: call Bea 076 423 5818 or Emi 073 508 0730 or Zoë 083 742 4970
Breadline Africa: Mandela Day Libraries Project
Organisation/Company Name: Breadline Africa RSA, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Location (Province, town): National
Activity: Breadline Africa RSA, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, launched a project in 2011 that identified primary schools that were in dire need of library facilities. Since then, this has been achieved through the placing of repurposed shipping containers to supply an almost-instant library facility.
The innovation lies in the simplicity of the intervention, its cost-effectiveness and its scalability. Literacy levels and student retention at basic education is improved, and the long-term benefit is that more children complete high school, opening possibilities of tertiary education, and better employment prospects.
Contact details: email info@breadlineafrica.org.za or call 021 418 0322
67 Houses in One Week: Habitat for Humanity’s Call to Action
Organisation/Company Name: Habitat for Humanity South Africa
Location (Province, town): Pelican Park, Western Cape
Activity: 67 houses in one week … This is the primary construction target set by Habitat for Humanity SA in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation for International Nelson Mandela Build Week, an ambitious project that will run from 14 to 18 July 2014 in Pelican Park, the largest integrated development project in the Western Cape.
But there’s more … Habitat for Humanity is looking to stretch the target even further with the incorporation of a 24-hour build on the fourth day of build week in the lead up to Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, 18 July 2014. Thursday, 17 July 2014 will see teams of volunteers going all out and working round the clock in a 24-hour “blitz build” to exceed the target of 67 houses in one week!
To achieve this, Habitat needs your help and is asking for your support in helping to raise the required funding and also volunteering your time on-site to build the houses.
Working together under the guidance of qualified artisans, volunteers, beneficiaries and community members will lend a hand in mixing cement (dugha), passing building blocks, erecting, plastering and bagging of walls, just to name a few of the tasks at hand.
Contact details: info@habitat.org.za
Kaya Fm 67km Relay for Mandela Day
Organisation/Company Name: Kaya Fm
Location (Province, town): Polo Fields, Waterfall Estate in Sunninghill, Gauteng
Activity: Kaya FM will be hosting its second Kaya FM 67km Relay for Mandela Day at the Polo Fields, Waterfall Estate in Sunninghill, Gauteng on 13 July 2014.
The 67km is in tribute of the 67 years that Madiba worked for the emancipation of South Africa. The world will forever remember that our iconic statesman’s vision inspired a global movement for nations to do something good for those who are in need in our communities.
Last year’s inaugural event was a sell-out, with over 12 000 participants that included 551 diverse corporate teams and over a thousand individuals participating in the Family Fun Run/Walk. Participants taking part in the event thought it an exceptional opportunity to honour Madiba’s legacy by participating in a meaningful event that lends a hand towards communities in need. This year, Kaya FM, through its 67km Relay, will pay homage to Tata’s life by echoing the sentiments of the Nelson Mandela Foundation that we must all inspire individuals to “Take Action; Inspire Change; Make Every Day a Mandela Day.”
The relay aspect of the event also symbolically remembers the words of Madiba, “It is in your hands now.” This was his message to world that it is time for the next generation to make the world a better place by doing good deeds. Kaya FM challenges more South African corporates and citizens to participate in the 2014 event and run for a cause they care about.
Contact details: call 0860 460 906
Tiger Brands Food Parcel Distribution
Organisation/Company Name: Tiger Brands
Location (Province, town): MC Weiler Primary School, 87 Eastbank Avenue, Alexandra Township
Activity: The Tiger Brands food parcel distribution is the kick-off project to launch the Nelson Mandela International Day commemoration in support of the food security initiative to make every day a Nelson Mandela Day
Contact details: email tigercsd@tigerbrands.com or call 011 840 4000
TREK4MANDELA
Organisation/Company Name: Trek4Mandela
Location (Province, town): Mount Kilimanjaro
Activity:In support of Caring4Girls and in celebration of 20 years of democracy, a group of passionate people will be embarking on the third annual Trek4Mandela.
Led by Sibusiso Vilane and Richard Mabaso, the explorers will drive through Botswana, Zambia and Tanzania, and then climb the highest peak in Africa, Uhuru Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro.
As they drive through Botswana, Zambia and Tanzania, the volunteers will use the stopovers to distribute sanitary towels to selected schools, and they will discuss the legacy of Nelson Mandela with the youth. The trekkers will summit Mount Kilimanjaro on 18 July – Nelson Mandela International Day.
Richard Mabaso, of the Imbumba Foundation, founded Caring4Girls when he overheard his mother and niece talking about menstruation and the fear that it caused. He realised the difficulties that rural and disadvantaged girls have with menstruation. Studies have shown that girls miss a significant amount of school time because of their menstruation. To keep girls in school, Caring4Girls supplies sanitary towels and booklets titled Puberty and Adolescence Demystified.
Among the dignitaries who have heeded the call to action are Vilane, who will be leading the trek, and holds the title of being the first black African to conquer the Three Poles Challenge – the South Pole, North Pole and Mount Everest (which he has climbed twice, by different routes), and Her Royal Highness Queen MaMchiza of the Zulu royal household, who graced the national launch and activation of Trek4Mandela.
In August 2013 Caring4Girls was integrated with the Royal Zulu Reed Dance, and the initiative became part of the Teach Children to Save South Africa™ initiative of The Banking Association South Africa. Lil-Lets We are Women provides the sanitary towels.
Vilane told Trek4Mandela: “I decided to participate in the Trek4Mandela because I want to help in keeping our girls in school and give them back their dignity and boost their self-esteem.”
The trek will also take place in partnership with Bongani Mountain Lodge and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Contact details: richard@imbumbafoundation.org call (0) 73 557 2189 or (0) 35 797 3800
Thembekile Mandela Foundation Mandela Day Events
Organisation/Company Name: Thembekile Mandela Foundation
Location (Province, town): National
Activity: On the first of July, to kick-start Mandela Month; 30 Samsung Tablets were donated to best performing 2013 matric learners at Clarkebury High School.
On the 18th July, TMF will be at Mankgakisha Primary School, in Polokwane, in Ga- Matlala, which is 25km from town. We will be painting an administration block that the school have requested that we complete after the funds that the parents donated ran out. The work has already started, where a roof and plastering have been commenced. We will also be donating sanitary wear to the grade 5’s.
On the 19th July we will be partaking in a Gandhi – Mandela youth summit hosted by the department of Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Indian Government. 500 students and Indian students will be exchanging ideas of commonality. This will take place at the Constitutional Hill from 09h00 – 16h00.
On the 21st we will be donating sanitary wear to 286 girls at Khamane High School in Mpumalanga.
We are awaiting a date from Richard Mabaso; where we will be distributing sanitary wear to a school of choice from Mama Graca, (Trek4Mandela) which will be Clarkebury High School. Clarkebury being the school that Granddad attended at primary level and has been adopted by TMF (Thembekile Mandela Foundation)
Contact details: mandeladay@nelsonmandela.org
Mandela Day Marathon
Organisation/Company Name: Mandela Day Marathon
Location (Province, town): Imbali, KwaZulu-Natal
Activity:The Mandela Day Marathon event will be taking place in KwaZulu-Natal on 30 and 31 August 2014. The weekend sporting event includes a 4.6664km children’s and VIP run; a 10km road run; a 21.1km road run; a 21km and a 42km mountain-bike dash; and trail run.
The main event, the 42.2km marathon, which begins at 07h00 on 31 August, traces Nelson Mandela’s footsteps, from Manaye Hall in Imbali, where he gave his last speech as a free man in 1961, to the site of his capture in Howick.
The event will be covered live on SABC2, and sponsors include Standard Bank, FutureLife, G-flit, Sigma IT, The Windmills (accommodation venue), Liberty Midlands Mall, Kyron Lab, Mgeni water, SAB and the Post Office. Twenty-percent of all entry fees will go to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, to be donated to charities and institutions in KwaZulu-Natal that serve disadvantaged communities.
Entries close on 31 July and there are only 10 000 places available, so it is essential to enter as soon as possible. You can enter online at www.mandelamarathon.com
Contact details:info@mandelamarathon.co.za or call 033 897 6713
Long walk to free golf – 67 mins free golf experience
Organisation/Company Name: The River Club
Location (Province, town): The River Club, Observatory, Cape Town
Activity:We will again be hosting our 67 mins free golf at The River Club Driving range this year.Free Lessons, free balls, equipment and we will be selling Boerie rolls with 100% of sales going to a charity.
We have chosen a small charity this year and hope to create some awareness of their needs and what they do. Malachi Place of Safety will be th charity this year (2014)
The vision is to give those who ordinarily would not be able to afford a lesson or to play the opportunity to give it a try, healthy outside activity with fun and excitement and supported by Jeremy Harris from KFM 945.
Contact details:021 448 6117 or email membership@riverclub.co.za
Mandela Day: Sarmie Stack at The Domino Foundation
Organisation/Company Name: The Domino Foundation
Location (Province, town): 125 Adelaide Tambo Drive (formerly Kensignton Drive), Durban North
Activity:Spend your #67minutes at The Sarmie Stack Station and make peanut butter sandwiches for the hungry.
Challenge your colleagues and friends to make 100, 200 or even 300 sandwiches! Bring along the ingredients below, grab your friends and let’s take action, inspire change and serve our local community. More details and sign-up forms here: http://ow.ly/yQPHl #Mandeladay #time2serve
Contact details:sheila@domino.org.za or volunteer@domino.org.za or call (+27) 31-563 9605
Appreciating the Heroes
Organisation/Company Name: Chavapri
Location (Province, town): Elsies River Day Hospital, Bishops Lavis Maternity Day Hospital, Kraaifontein Day Hospital
Activity: For Mandela day 2014 Chavapri is planning to have 67 minutes events at 3 mystery Day Hospitals. Staff at the 3 locations will receive Cupcake Treats and Sandwiches in the initiative for “Appreciating the Heroes” 15 Minute Appreciating the Heroes speech will be provided by Chavapri Goodie Bags will be handed over to Day Hospital staff as closure of the visit with Custom Handmade Thank You Cards.
Sandwiches and Magazines will also be handed to the Patients at the Day Hospital and anyone that approach to collect food or magazines To Support our Drive any form of donations is welcome in the form of products samples to add in the Goodie Bags, snacks or drinks and contents to add to the sandwiches.
Contact details:email info@chavapri.co.za call 081 219 6296, 081 219 6311 or 081 210 0152.
Social Development Visit
Organisation/Company Name: LEAP schools
Location (Province, town): Cape Town
Activity: LEAP schools provide student-centred, maths and science-focused education to economically disadvantaged students from grades 8 to 12. We focus on enabling the self-awareness necessary for each student’s growth to healthy adulthood, and to ensuring optimal academic results which will allow for choices for lifelong learning and a fulfilling future.
All LEAP students and staff work with a social development organisation in one of our partner communities and activities for include games, story-telling, painting and singing with young children, to performances, singing, talking and listening to the tales and wisdom of the older seniors. This Mandela Day, 18 July 2014, the plan is to go to each site and bring light to the community of Langa by supporting the community projects by cleaning, painting and/or cooking.
We will be visiting 5 organisations in Langa including two crèches, a home for the disabled and two homes for the elderly. The students are asking individuals and corporates to partner with them by donating supplies and equipment and/or coming with them to volunteer their skills and time. Items needed include paint, kids’ mattresses and isiXhosa books for young children, crayons, potties for babies and toddlers, toys, tables and chairs and blankets.
Contact details:email info@leapschool.org.za
Paw Print Project
Organisation/Company Name: Paw Print Project
Location (Province, town): Nationally
Activity: A paw print is sold for R5 and put up in the reception area of a veterinary practice or shop. The buyer can put his or her pet’s name on it. The funds will help the CVC to provide primary healthcare to pets in previously disadvantaged communities. We are challenging Paw Print Project participants to sell 67 paw prints on Mandela Day.
We have 28 veterinary clinics, serving 80 disadvantaged communities and reach an estimated 25 000 animals per year.
Contact details:email books@pawprintafrica.org
The Skipping Champs
Organisation/Company Name: The Skipping Champ
Location (Province, town): 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg
Activity: This year we are going to reach greater heights when we give away 67 t-shirts and 67 skipping ropes to those who will manage to do minimum jumps on Saturday. We are doing this to fight obesity, crime, drugs, unemployment, etc.
Above all we want people to look after their bodies because there is no spare for it. We are following in the footsteps of the Nelson Mandela who was passionate about exercising. I am looking forward when The Skipping Champ will be able to run workshops for schools throughout the year with Rope Jumpers.
Contact details: call 082 735 4696
Packing goodie bags for just footprints foundation
Organisation/Company Name: Just Footprints Foundation
Location (Province, town): On your own company premises OR at St Francis Church, 46 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview, Joburg
Activity: It’s July, and that means it’s almost time for the annual Nelson Mandela Day on Friday 18 July. This year, we are again inviting individuals and companies to get involved in this worldwide initiative by asking them to donate and pack items for our goody bags to the value of R67. We need the following for goody bags: toothbrush (adult size), toothpaste (100 ml), soap, facecloth/sponge, roll-on deodorant and body cream (for boy or girl), a sweet treat (not perishable or chocolate), and a small packet of crisps. If you’re able to help
Contact details: Leoné Jooste on 082-450-3839 or Lindy Nieuwenhuizen on 083-415-8731 or Ruth Coggin on 082-903-5819 email leone.jooste@justfootprints.org.za or lindyn@justfootprints.org.za or ruth@quo-vadis.co.za
SHAWCO Mandela Day
Organisation/Company Name: SHAWCO
Location (Province, town): Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Manenberg and Kensington, Cape Town
Activity: Buses run in rotations between UCT and four of SHAWCO’s sites: Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Kensington and Manenberg. Students can register to guarantee a space or just hop on a bus at the given times. Last year the buses were 69 seaters and they were full for every one of the 9 trips we did.
On arrival the UCT students will be briefed by a project manager and they can decide which activity they’d most like to partake in.
The activities vary from community to community and have been put forward beforehand and planned for.
This year we plan to do: small maintenance jobs like painting, building fences etc; environmental activities such as planting trees or vegetable gardens and picking up litter, child-focused activities such a crafts, sports etc and then socially responsive activities such as taking the SHAWCO kids to senior homes to read and sing to the elderly so as to inspire a love for giving even at a young age.
We take strict notice of time and after 67 minutes, the students would get back on the bus, back to UCT and we await the arrival of another bus to the site.
This will continue from 10am – 18h00. Last year a total of 542 UCT students got involved and were transported to take part in activities which benefited the communities that SHAWCO serves on a weekly basis.
Contact details: email fundraising@shawco.org or call 021 406 6740
7 hours, 67 students, skills training initiative aimed at empowering unemployed youth in our rural areas.
Organisation/Company Name: MMTM Technologies, in partnership with local NPO Thudo
Location (Province, town): Moruleng, Bakgatla ba Kgafela Villages
Activity: The initiative aims to encourage and bring together the youth from 32 Bakgatla villages, with an emphasis on the provision of basic computer skills development outcome.
On completion of the skills programme the 67 students will be awarded with certificates of attendance and an MICT SETA accredited certificate that credits their skills qualification.
A small certificate ceremony will be held in which two outstanding students from each group will be awarded with a bursary to pursue a full ICDL Core programme with an ICDL accredited Centre.
The overall top achiever will also be awarded a bursary to complete both the ICDL core and Advance courses.
If we were to make changes in our nation, we can’t do it alone, that’s why we need support from all angles of the nation and the world at large, to provide with any form of sponsorship (refreshments, training equipment, and prize giving awards).
Contact details: email info@mmtmtech.net
MANDELA DAY @ Out of the Box
Organisation/Company Name: Out of the Box
Location (Province, town):
Activity: We are hoping to get wood donated to build a wood shed to house our wood needed for the carpentry workshop…. and we have been assured to have at least one container by Mandela Day…
Your help needed and appreciated to build the wood shed, to paint the container on the outside, to insulate and clad the inside… it will become an additional classroom. If there is a nice firm out there who would like to donate the insulation or the cladding, or the paint in return for their logo and great exposure on the container.
If you have cuddly fabric for track suits for little ones,or old pillow cases, or fabric, we can make little dresses out of – bits of lace or bits of bias binding… cotton, buttons….
Please consider donating it to us together with R15 per dress or track suit top or bottom. It helps us show the sewing graduates that they can earn a living through their new skill and it ensures that all the little ones get a special Christmas gift.
Contact details: call 083 583 5383 or email nina@outofthebox.org.za
African Angels Independent School, East London
Organisation/Company Name: African Angels
Location (Province, town):
Activity: African Angels runs a high quality primary school for disadvantaged children just outside East London, in a little town called Chintsa East just 1/2 hour from East London.
We would love to have as many volunteers help out at the school and give back on Mandela Day, and there are heaps of opportunities during the year for your employees to volunteer at the school. You can read with the kids, serve breakfast or lunch, help cover books, dig up our drive and help with drainage, sort library books and generally just have fun!
Contact details: call 048 881 2697 email loukbillett@gmail.com
