Do your part on 18 July 2016, in celebration of Mandela Day. Here is a list of activities around South Africa from mandeladay.com that you can get involved in to contribute your 67 minutes (or longer!).
The Mandela Day website has divided the activities into four sections: Education and Literacy, Food Security, Shelter and Infrastructure, and Environment. We have only selected two from each category, but there are many, many more projects to choose from.
EDUCATION AND LITERACY
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: 11 7th Avenue, Botrivier
Email: info@viva-sa.co.za
Viva is creating a new Township Art Centre in Botrivier in the Western Cape (60 km from Cape Town) and preparing for a Township Carnival in October this year. Help the Viva Township Art Team set up their new centre and participate in art projects in the under-serviced town of Botrivier.
Zoleka Mandela Foundation For Mandela Day
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: Orlando West, Soweto, Gauteng
Email: theirry@zolekamandelafoundation.org
Join the Zoleka Mandela Foundation as they empower the students of Orlando West High School in Soweto. Please donate sanitary towels, reading books for teenagers (14 – 18-year-olds), school chairs for their classrooms, your time to cleaning the school or helping refurbish the school library.
FOOD SECURITY
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: 37 Mackeurtan Avenue, Durban North
Email: shaun@domino.org.za
Make peanut butter sandwiches for the hungry. Challenge your colleagues and family to get involved and help to make 300 sandwiches. This activity is suitable for a team of 10 people making 300 sandwiches (or more).
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: East London, Eastern Cape
Email: kruger.charmaine@gmail.com
Chavapri would like to make 1 600 lunch boxes for a school in East London. You can be part of the project by taking part in the following: Donating items to put on the bread, snacks to add to the lunch boxes, volunteering time to make sandwiches, or be a sponsor for the project. The standard items the lunch box should contain is a sandwich and a snack. Chavapri staff will personally hand out these boxes on Mandela Day.
SHELTER AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Christmas in July for Friends of Valkenberg
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: Valkenberg Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town
Email: events@friendsofvalkenberg.co.za
Help Friends of Valkenberg brighten Valkenberg Hospital wards with Christmas cheer, touch hearts and bring joy to 480 patients. Donate Christmas trees, lights, tinsel and bauble decorations to replenish stock for 2016. Volunteer to take stock, pack and prepare these items for distribution later in the year. Your donations and valuable time will support the recovery process for people with serious mental illnesses staying at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital.
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: Stikland, Cape Town
Email: natalie@iris-house.org
Iris House Children’s Hospice has a broad range of items and hands-on projects for you to choose from. Please contact Natalie on 021 910 1578. Monday 18 July is a working day for Iris House, which means the playroom will be filled with happiness and children.
ENVIRONMENT
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: Cape Town
Email: nicola@greenpop.org
Join Greenpop on a planting day and get active to make a real difference – and have fun doing it! Joining Greenpop on a plant day with your group or team means getting your hands dirty, making a positive impact in an underprivileged community, and working together with children to green their school, nursery, or community centre.
When: Monday 18 July 2016
Where: Mdzananda Animal Clinic, Khayelitsha
Email: marcelle@mdzananda.co.za
Spend your 67 minutes with the Mdzananda Animal Clinic to build kennels for the pets of Khayelitsha. Space is limited. Bring along a hammer, measuring tape, pencil and paint brushes. Cost: R67 / R167 – you choose which donation you wish to make.
Browse a variety of other worthy causes at mandeladay.com.
