International Nelson Mandela Day

On the occasion of Nelson Mandela Day in 2012, members of the UN mission MONUSCO help with the cleaning in the Goma General Hospital in the DR Congo

A small demonstration by the anti-capitalist Economic Freedom Fighters calls for land reform for the impoverished rural population and the landless in South Africa on Mandela Day 2014.

Fan Walk For Peace And Unity (Nelson Mandela Day 2010): Demonstration in Cape Town with criticism of hostile attitudes in society towards refugees.

The International Nelson Mandela Day ( Engl . : Nelson Mandela International Day ) is a day of remembrance , which was declared on the initiative of the United Nations by its General Assembly on November 10, 2009 and is intended to encourage humanitarian behavior. The day of remembrance has been celebrated annually since 2010 on July 18 , the birthday of the South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela (1918–2013).

The call to all people associated with this day includes, according to their goals, an active personal contribution to the improvement of conditions worthy of criticism or in the form of exemplary assistance in society. The number 67 plays a central role, for example in challenging solutions such as:

67 ways to change the world (German for example: " 67 ways to change the world ")

67 minutes of their time to help others (German about: " 67 minutes of their time to help others ") is expressed.

Nelson Mandela had dedicated 67 years of his life to the goals of a humane, just and free society in South Africa. On this day, people should honor his life's work in the struggle for peace and a culture of peace in such a way that they do something for 67 minutes in accordance with these goals.

According to the South African Embassy in Berlin, “Mandela Day is a call for charitable deeds by and for people around the globe - it calls for people to take responsibility and improve the world step by step, as Nelson Mandela did . "

In South Africa, bear the Nelson Mandela Foundation ( Nelson Mandela Foundation ), the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund ( Nelson Mandela Children's Fund ) and the Mandela Rhodes Foundation ( Mandela Rhodes Foundation ) for organizing the commemoration at.

Although conceived as an international day, appeals are also addressed to the South African society itself, which is characterized by the consequences of the apartheid epoch.