NELSON MANDELA:
FREEDOM FROM HUNGER
JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA — ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP
produced by CIRCLE UP NOW
supporting the EVERY
HUMAN HAS RIGHTS campaign
in partnership with THE ELDERS and ACTION AID
EVENT DATE: JULY 15, 2008
In support of the Every Human Has Rights campaign championed by The
Elders (including Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson
and many others) as well as ActionAid’s global food crisis campaign,
on July 15th, 2008, Circle Up Now coordinated twenty-two hundred South
African students gathered in a field in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg,
to participate in a community building workshop addressing the global
food crisis. The event culminated in a large-scale human aerial artwork,
depicting Nelson Mandela, with a message of “Freedom From Hunger” surrounded
by one of the world’s largest ‘Ubuntu’ drumming circles. A framed aerial
photo and a video tribute from the event was prepared to be presented
to Nelson Mandela at his 90th Birthday Party on July 18th.
The intent of this event and experience was to empower South African
youth with the knowledge of what human rights are, why they are entitled
to them, and why they need to ask their governments to protect their
people from hunger.
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