Exciting news! 🌍 This #MandelaMonth, we are proud to launch a beautiful new children’s book alongside the United Nations in South Africa, the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and the Graça Machel Trust: Thando and Freddy’s Big SDG Adventure: A Journey with Tata Madiba! This inspiring story brings the #GlobalGoals to life for young readers, teaching them that no action is too small to make a difference. Big change begins with kindness, equality, and hope. Let's inspire the next generation of young changemakers to take the future into their hands. 📚💙
Get your FREE copy here: southafrica.un.org/en/318050-thando-and-freddys-big-adventure-nelson%C2%A0mandela
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From 13–15 July 2026, the 3rd edition of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund Legacy Academy took place at Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind. We brought together 61 dynamic youth from across Gauteng for an intensive leadership and advocacy development programme. Facilitated by our NMCF Youth Leadership team alongside experts Lucy Jamieson (Children's Institute), Brian King (Mtoto News), and 2023 alumna Thandolwenkosi Nkosi, the cohort dove deep into:
✅ Overcoming adolescent exclusion.
✅ Tackling the key challenges facing children today.
✅ What young people need to thrive and reach their full potential.
💛 Watch this space for what they#nmcf30yearsM#servelikemadibaLikeMadiba
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💙 Thank you to our incredible partners and sponsors who made the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and NBA Africa Sports Day possible.
Because of your support, young people came together for a day of basketball, soccer, netball, indigenous games, wellness activities and mentorship during Mandela Month. Creating a safe space where they could play, connect, learn and be inspired.
Thank you to NBA Africa, Special Olympics South Africa, Z&S Sweets shop, Tiger Brands, Reckitt, Nedbank, Biko's Manna, our volunteers, partners and every individual who contributed to making the day a success.
Together, we're creating opportunities for young people to lead healthier, brighter futures through the power of sport.
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🏀 Get off the phone. Get on the court. 📵 Things are heating up at the Shapa Soweto Sports Day, where young people from different communities have come together for a day of basketball, soccer, netball, indigenous games, wellness activities and mentorship during Mandela Month.
The day is celebrating the power of sport to bring young people together, encourage active lifestyles and create safe spaces where they can connect, learn and grow.
🌱 Samke Mnguni | Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
🏀 Zeph Matose | NBA Africa
⭐ Neo | Special Olympics
🍬 Carren Liando | ZNS Sweets
🎤 Honest Moyo | MC
As Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, said, “Madiba believed deeply in the power of sport to unite, inspire, and restore hope.” Through today's activities, young people are building confidence, making connections and creating positive change in their communities.
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Today, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and NBA Africa are bringing the energy to the Sports Day at Shapa Soweto under the theme: “Get off the phone. Get on the Court”
Young people are taking part in basketball clinics, indigenous games, wellness activities, a community walk, and mentorship conversations, all designed to encourage active lifestyles, build confidence, and create safer spaces for youth to thrive.
Through sport, we are reminded of Nelson Mandela’s powerful belief that play and teamwork can bring people together, inspire hope, and unlock potential.
This sports day forms part of the Legacy Academy Youth Leadership Programme, empowering young people to take an active role in shaping their communities and becoming leaders of positive change.
Thank you NBA Africa, Nedbank, Reckitt, Specialist Olympics, and Sharpa Soweto (Nike South Africa) for making this day possible 🏀🙌
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🏀⚽This Mandela Month, we're getting young people from communities across Soweto and beyond moving, connecting, and leading through sport.
The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and NBA Africa are bringing together young people for a Sports Day at Shapa Soweto under the theme: "Get off the phone. Get on the court."
From basketball, netball, and soccer to indigenous games, wellness activities, and mentorship conversations, the day is all about encouraging healthy lifestyles, building confidence, and creating opportunities for young people to connect through the power of sport.
Inspired by Madiba's belief that sport can change lives and unite communities, this initiative forms part of the Legacy Academy Youth Leadership Programme.
Stay tuned as we celebrate Mandela Month, youth, and the power of sport to inspire the next generation.
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Children believe that tech companies should never be allowed to design AI that manipulates them or keeps them hooked.
We are proud to join 100+ leading organisations and experts urging governments to ban manipulative design that preys on children’s vulnerabilities, undermines their agency or fosters unhealthy dependency, including chatbots designed to act as friends or confidants that children come to rely on emotionally.
Our new joint call sets out 10 recommendations to turn governments’ obligations into real action for children’s rights and safety in the age of AI.
🔗Read our call: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joint-statement-the-inaugural-global-dialogue-on-ai-governance-mus…
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Children are adopting AI technologies more than three times faster than adults, yet many of these systems were never designed with their rights and wellbeing in mind.
As Governments gather today at the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI, they must take concrete action to protect children’s rights in the age of AI.
We are proud to join 100+ leading organizations and experts across the world urging States to fulfil their obligations and commitments to deliver concrete action for children.
Our new joint call sets out ten clear recommendations for governments, from requiring companies to prove AI is safe for children before it reaches the market to banning manipulative design and giving children a real say in the systems that shape their digital lives.
🔗Read our call here: 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joint-statement-the-inaugural-global-dialogue-on-ai-governance-mus…
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