Mandela Day, PR disaster
Nelson Mandela International Day
MANDELA Day, celebrated on July 18, is an annual international day adopted by the United Nations.
It is more than a celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy, it is a global movement to take his life’s work into a new era and change our world for the better.
Mandela Day asks us all to “Take Action; Inspire Change; Make Every Day a Mandela Day.”
How to get involved.
The overarching objective of Mandela Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better, and in doing so build a global movement for good.
Ultimately it seeks to empower communities everywhere.
Each of us can make a small difference.
If we all make a difference together, our collective effort can truly change the world.
Mandela Day is not a holiday. It is a day for all of us to opt into humanity –– to roll up our sleeves and play an active role in building our communities. This is an opportunity for each of us to share Nelson Mandela’s vision of a better future for all.
Quote –– “It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.” –– Nelson Mandela
By becoming a Mandela Day changemaker and doing something that affects positive change every day, you can show that actions speak louder than words.
NEELZ SINGH
Lami
Total disaster
I BELIEVE the handling of the mysterious deaths of the US couple was not only a public relations disaster for government as claimed by National Federation Party (NFP) leader Professor Biman Prasad (FT 17/07), but a total disaster.
Such cases should be dealt with in an urgent respectable manner.
Instead of two months it should have taken just two weeks maximum to have the couple’s bodies returned to their families back in the US.
The longer it took the worse it got. We basically lacked efficiency and urgency dealing with this case.
Success or failure is often determined by those who are in charge.
We need to learn from this failure and be better organised in determining the causes of death and the repatriation of bodies to their country.
Let’s hope this never happens again! SIMON HAZELMAN
Rava Estate, Savusavu
Word choice
NATIONAL Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad’s choice of word to describe the handling of the mysterious deaths of holidaying couple David and Michelle Paul is “American like”.
“Disaster” is one of the favourite words used by the American president.
It would be absolutely no surprise if Donald Trump also declares the information sharing exercise a disaster. MOHAMMED IMRAZ JANIF Natabua, Lautoka