Lyoness starts school project with Nelson Mandela
31/07/2012Nelson Mandela is ambassador of CFF
The most prestigious project of the Child & Family Foundation has just been started: in the following months the CFF is going to build the No-Moscow elementary school in Qunu, South Africa, the birth place of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. This education initiative is very dear to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of South Africa. Together with his wife Graça Machel and his 21 year old grandson Mbuso Mandela, who has put Nelson Mandela in contact with the Lyoness community.
Building a School in no time
The No-Moscow elementary school needs to be renovated; the class rooms are too small and have not really been the ideal environment for learning for the 228 students for the last years. CFF has taken up this project and wants to build this school anew with the help of the Mandela family in only 6 months. The new school will have seven class rooms and a library.
Visiting Nelson Mandela
July 16th 2012, two days before Mandela's 94th birthday, marked the start of the project. Graça Machel welcomed Hubert Freidl and a group of Lyoness and CFF representatives in a lively speech in the school. The highlight of the stay of the Austrian delegation was being guests in Nelson Mandela's private home and having the opportunity to meet the charismatic statesman in person.
LYONESS.TV was there live
Get more information on the common project and on the visit with one of the most important fighters for peace in history – in our next segment of Lyoness.TV at www.lyoness.tv on July 31st 2012
Your CFF-Team
The most prestigious project of the Child & Family Foundation has just been started: in the following months the CFF is going to build the No-Moscow elementary school in Qunu, South Africa, the birth place of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. This education initiative is very dear to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of South Africa. Together with his wife Graça Machel and his 21 year old grandson Mbuso Mandela, who has put Nelson Mandela in contact with the Lyoness community.
Building a School in no time
The No-Moscow elementary school needs to be renovated; the class rooms are too small and have not really been the ideal environment for learning for the 228 students for the last years. CFF has taken up this project and wants to build this school anew with the help of the Mandela family in only 6 months. The new school will have seven class rooms and a library.
Visiting Nelson Mandela
July 16th 2012, two days before Mandela's 94th birthday, marked the start of the project. Graça Machel welcomed Hubert Freidl and a group of Lyoness and CFF representatives in a lively speech in the school. The highlight of the stay of the Austrian delegation was being guests in Nelson Mandela's private home and having the opportunity to meet the charismatic statesman in person.
LYONESS.TV was there live
Get more information on the common project and on the visit with one of the most important fighters for peace in history – in our next segment of Lyoness.TV at www.lyoness.tv on July 31st 2012
Your CFF-Team
