CEO of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Sello Hatang, CEO of US Fund for UNICEF Caryl Stern, her husband Donald and son Lee, and assistant chief of staff Chelsea Peters
On 8 August 2014, Caryl Stern, CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF, Chelsea Peters, Assistant Chief of Staff at the US Fund for UNICEF, and American singer and malaria activist Aloe Blacc visited the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory.
The Centre houses temporary and permanent exhibitions related to the life and times of former statesman Nelson Mandela.
The tour of the exhibitions centred around Madiba’s life at the Centre of Memory began at the recently erected Mandela Gandhi Wall – an interactive multimedia display featuring photos of Madiba and Gandhi, as well as quick-recognition codes that can be read by smartphones – and ended in the strongroom, which contains awards, gifts, honorary degrees and works of art that belonged to Madiba.
Said Peters: “Our visit today was to celebrate his incredible work and see the exhibitions, which was absolutely moving and made us even more committed to doing what we do.”
Blacc was personally taken on a tour of the various exhibitions by Sello Hatang, the CE of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Sello Hatang and American singer and malaria activist Aloe Blacc
“I’m a humanitarian, and the lessons that I have learned throughout life have come directly from individuals like Madiba, from the life and teachings of Gandhi and Martin Luther King,” said Blacc.
“To be here today is for me a moment of reflection and a moment to recognise and honour the struggle and contributions made by Nelson Mandela.”
