JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Nelson Mandela's fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the homeless or refurbishing homes for AIDS orphans.Mandela had called on people to spend time doing good Saturday, the first Mandela Day, which his charity foundations hope will be an annual event.
South Africans collected clothing for poor children, painted schools, planted trees near Mandela's boyhood home in eastern South Africa, and renovated a building in downtown Johannesburg for people left homeless by a fire.
South Africans collected clothing for poor children, painted schools, planted trees near Mandela's boyhood home in eastern South Africa, and renovated a building in downtown Johannesburg for people left homeless by a fire.
Mandela stepped down after serving one term as president — the first black South African to hold the post. Since 1999, he has devoted himself to such causes as fighting AIDS and poverty and championing the rights of children.
At a Mandela Day concert in New York on Saturday, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin and others are to perform for the benefit of Mandela's AIDS foundation.
Mandela Day organizers encouraged people around the world to devote at least a minute for each of the 67 years Mandela campaigned against apartheid to community service
Mandela Day organizers encouraged people around the world to devote at least a minute for each of the 67 years Mandela campaigned against apartheid to community service
What a wonderful cause to work toward helping others...good luck and lets hope the money go where it's intended and not get side-tracted like so many good causes have.
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