Young Anglicans in South Africa create garden on ‘Mandela Day’

Posted Jul 19, 2017

[Anglican Communion News Service] Young people from a parish in a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, have cultivated a garden at their church as a way of remembering Nelson Mandela on what was his birthday, July 18.

Nelson Mandela International Day commemorates the lifetime of service Mandela gave to South Africa and the world. The tradition has developed of taking 67 minutes to do something for others on Mandela day, celebrating the 67 years that Mandela dedicated to social justice.

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