KACH, TWOMONKEYSTRAVEL CELEBRATES THE 2023 NELSON MANDELA DAY WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY, MANILA LAST EIGHTEENTH OF JULY
As the most-traveled Filipina, Kach has skilled and assimilated in numerous cultures which opened her to its magnificence however extra so, on the historical past and realities of the international locations and territories she has set foot in. Through touring, she has been in a position to unite tradition and advocacy, permitting her to increase service in making the world a greater place one step at a time.
The Nelson Mandela International Day was kicked off by the South African Embassy in Manila final July 13 with an array of actions ready for the week forward. This annual celebration started over a decade in the past with the UN General Assembly declaration in November 2009 in recognition of Mandela’s efforts and success in peace-building and democracy in South Africa. This celebration reminds us of the values of combating for human rights, particularly of the kids and the weak, equality, and peace.
On the fifteenth of July, the embassy in partnership with Apex Mining and GMA Network was in a position to meet with 20 seniors of the Project PEARLS via a buffet lunch and acquired items from sponsors. It was attended by Mr. Luis R Sarmiento of PMSEA and Apex Mining President, Dr Selva Ramachandran, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, and GMA Sparkle Artists Gaea Mischa and Muriel Lomodilla. The week-long celebration continued with the precise celebration of the Nelson Mandela International Day on July 18 in partnership as soon as once more with the Project PEARLS group in Tondo, Manila the place 500 children acquired merchandise from sponsors — ICTSI, Shoe Mart, Federated Distributors Inc., Liwayway Marketing Corporation, and Fly Ace Corporation; Mr Ralph Lim Joseph, Consul William Chen and members of the Diplomatic Corps.
In gentle of this heartwarming occasion, Kach was current on the celebration day and supported it with South Africa Ambassador to the Philippines Bartinah Ntombizodwa Radebe-Netshitenzhe. This is without doubt one of the some ways of service for the Filipinos and imbibing this 12 months’s theme of the Nelson Mandela International Day, “the legacy lives on through you,” by actively working in direction of growth which Kach additionally carries along with her place as a PHL Air Force Reserve.