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Cheesekids activation on Youth day

Posted on 04 Jul 2012 / Tags: none

Cheesekids activation on Youth Day

"Don't you know, we starting a revolution, child..." - Tracy Chapman

Cheesekids is starting the Mandela Revolution where doing good will be an every day event, not just a special occasion.

The Mandela Day Revolution is an initiative that will give people opportunities to give back more than just their 67 minutes on Nelson Mandela Day in July. A range of activities like painting schools, building houses, helping kids learn and more will be available year-round.

The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Cheesekids jointly created the Nelson Mandela Revolution. Cheesekids has over the past five years used every opportunity to activate young South Africans to engage with civic duty, philanthropy and community service in a fun and yet easy manner. The Nelson Mandela Centre Of Memory at the Nelson Mandela Foundation conceptualized Mandela Day to be exactly that. An opportunity for the next generation to engage with civic duty, philanthropy and community service. Furthermore the ideal of Nelson Mandela Day has become more than just a birthday it has become a rallying call for a way of life. The Nelson Mandela Day Revolution seeks to answer this call by making every day of public significance (or public holiday) a Nelson Mandela Day.

The Nelson Mandela Day Revolution will be activiated by Cheesekids in different cities or towns across South Africa right through the year making it easy and possible for thousands of young South Africans to participate.

Cheesekids, a mass-based volunteer organisation that has been encouraging people since 2007 to give of their time and effort to make South Africa an even better place to live, is kicking things off with a March2Work on 16 June 2012. More than 8 000 youngsters will recreate the famous 1976 march from Morris Isaacson High School in Soweto with Metro FM.

"The Nelson Mandela Day Revolution answers the question that we have all been asking ourselves what sort of big change does South Africa need. We want every South African to join this revolution to bring a change to how we look at our problems and how we take care of each other. We want to bring back the essence of Ubuntu by making it simple for people to give back on more than just one day. The revolution sets us on a course to make everyday a Mandela Day," said Shaka Sisulu, founder of Cheesekids.

The march will culminate outside Hector Peterson Museum. Here special guests will entertain with poetry, speeches and entertainment to honour young people who gave up their lives for the struggle.

The walk will be followed up by projects to beautify the following four schools along the marching route:

1. Morris Isaacson High School, Jabavu

2. Tshebedisanong Primary School, Jabavu

3. Phefeni Secondary School, Orlando West

4. Orlando West High School

Volunteers will be kitted out in custom-made T-shirts and will get materials and instructions on how to brighten up the schools on the route with a coat of paint, gardening and vocational guidance.

Venue: Begin at Morris Isaacson High School, Jabavu

Date: 16 June 2012

Time: March starts at 06h00

Work begins at 10h00 at all the schools

Shuttles will be scheduled to leave from Rosebank Gautrain Station as follows:

· 05h00

· 09h00

· 11h00

and begin to leave from Soweto within the following intervals:

· 14h00

· 15h00

· 16h00