To Mark Mandela International  Centenary Day 2018

Commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday

 

At Gandhi-King Memorial Plaza: 10:30 to 11:00

 

Commemoration Service

 

Songs by School Choirs from Delhi NCR

 

 

 

At  C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium: 11:00 to 12:15

 

Mandela Katha Mala

 

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart that its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela from his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, published in 1994

 

 

 

Message from the UN Secretary General to be read by Mr. Derk Segaar, Director, United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan

 

 

 

Speakers: H.E. Dr. Hlamalani Nelly Manzini, High Commissioner of South Africa; Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, former Indian High Commissioner to South Africa and United Kingdom, and Honorary Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, London; and Shri Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

 

 

Interactive session with students of schools from Delhi NCR

 

 

 

Foyer  outside the Auditorium

 

Madiba and His Struggle

 

An exhibition of paintings by students of Bluebells School International

 

 

 

Organised as part of Taking Children to Gandhi series that brings children closer to the enduring legacy of Gandhi’s non-violent struggle for equity, justice, pluralism and sustainable development

 

 

 

(Collaboration: Gandhi Yuva Baradari; United Nations Information Centre; and Working Group on Alternative Strategies)