4th. Mandela Day - July 18, 2013 に向けて
2010年7月18日、 ネルソン・マンデラ さん92歳の誕生日が国連の定めた第1回目の Mandela Day だったそうです。今年の第4回に向けたイベントが1ヶ月前の2013年6月19日正式にスタート;
◆It’s in your hands – Nelson Mandela International Day 2013 launch
Uploaded on 19 June 2013
■ Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory.org
このイベントはお祭りだけではなく実際の行動を求めるもので、"67" がひとつのキーワードになっている様子;
- FAQs – Mandela Day
What is the significance of the call to devote 67 minutes to community service?
Mr Mandela spent more than 67 years serving his community, his country and the world. The number is symbolic of how people can start to do the same – one small step at a time – and so become part of a continuous, global movement for good.
- 活動例; Basic Awareness for Human Rights issues - Mandela Day vía Facebook
Encourage basic awareness to support MANDELA DAY via posting something on your facebook for the next 67 days that celebrates, or brings awareness to a human rights issue. Something everyone can do!
なお、6月8日以来入院中のマンデラさん情報に関しては;
◆Mandela improving, not about to die: Mbeki
AFP - "2013-06-21 T09:16:05Z via Yahoo! News South Africa
※ ニュースの中には、マンデラ亡き後の南アは、とか、もう逝かせてあげたら? 的なものも多いので、それを否定したのでしょう。
◆Water supply to Mandela hospital restored
2013-06-21 10:27, News24
※ マンデラさん入院先 地区での断水のおハナシ。
◆Nelson Mandela 'continues to get better'
AAP - June 21, 2013 4:12AM via The Courier-Mail
■ Nelson Mandela - SouthAfrica.info
◆Family 'humbled' by Mandela messages
20 June 2013, SouthAfrica.info
−−−On Thursday, the 94-year-old elder statesman began his 13th day in the hospital, where he was admitted on 8 June with the recurrence of a lung infection that has now seen him hospitalised four times since December. (以下略、引用終わり)
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