Mandela Day 2011
CHEESEKIDS MANDELA DAY 17 JULY
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Out the Box Productions (OTB) has been commissioned to produce the Cheesekids Mandela Day Live event taking place at Johannesburg’s Innesfree Park on Sunday 17th July 2011.
On Mandela Day 2010 Cheesekids for Humanity 2010 enabled over 2,000 South Africans to spend 67 minutes performing services at 9 simultaneous events in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
This year’s event has grown significantly in scale, with coordinated service activities planned for 3 cities and 15 service sites in underprivileged or under-serviced areas.
Main partners include Old Mutual and 5fm
This year, Cheesekids plans to accommodate 6,700 volunteers at 15 different projects including:
* Building houses for dwellers of informal settlements
* Painting, gardening and beautifying schools of underprivileged and disabled children
* Providing vocational guidance and inspirational chats with high schoolchildren
* A hackerthon for application developers to develop educational tools &utilities
* A cook-out for food to be distributed to homeless shelters
* A kiddie-zone to play with and spoil children from various orphanages
* Planting vege-gardens at homeless shelters and orphanages
* A sports clinic to teach kiddies your sporting skills
Mandela Day service activities will conclude with the Cheesekids Mandela Day Concert at Innesfree Park in Johannesburg.
Featured artists will include Jozi, Tidal Waves, Nothende, Josie Field, Khuli Chana, Zebra and Giraffe, AKA, Good Luck, Mi Casa, Roger, Ihashi e’limhlophe, Tira, Big Nuz, The Muffins and HHP.
Youtube video introducing Cheesekids & what Cheesekids Mandela Day is all about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akioleAZzt0
OTB has joined Cheesekids’ team to manage the event production and site logistics for this year’s event at Innesfree Park.
Please visit http://www.cheesekids.org.za to register (at no fee) for an unforgettable 67 minutes to action – the Cheesekids way!
