--- title: "Volunteer #67minutes for Mandela Day safely from home" description: "Contemplating what you can do for Mandela Day while protecting yourself from Covid-19? Do not fret, many campaigns have come up with innovative ways to celebrate Mandela Day 2020." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "MAVERICK CITIZEN" author: "Shani Reddy" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/shani-reddy/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-17-volunteer-67minutes-for-mandela-day-safely-from-home/" published: "2020-07-17T01:07:26" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 729 --- # Volunteer #67minutes for Mandela Day safely from home > Contemplating what you can do for Mandela Day while protecting yourself from Covid-19? Do not fret, many campaigns have come up with innovative ways to celebrate Mandela Day 2020. By Shani Reddy · Published 17 July 2020, 03:07 SAST ## Content Nelson Mandela, who encouraged active citizenship, spent 67 years of his life fighting for human rights. [Mandela Day](https://www.mandeladay.com/) is more than a celebration of his life, it is a chance to carry his legacy forward and change the world for the better. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing means we need to do our 67 minutes for Mandela Day a little differently this year. From making sandwiches to break a world record, to participating in a virtual quiz night, here are a few things you can do on Mandela Day to give back to the community: Capetonians are [invited](https://share.hsforms.com/1cQnHvjsPQECaLZ94ceFCvg4hk84) to **make history** with [Ladles of Love](https://www.ladlesoflove.org.za/) on Mandela Day by spending their 67 minutes in joining forces as a city to break the current world record set in South Africa last year of 107,418 sandwiches made in an hour. The first 2,500 people to register will receive a sandwich-making kit consisting of five loaves of Sasko bread and a 900g tin of Rhodes Quality Jam. Kits can be collected at [various locations](https://www.ladlesoflove.org.za/covid19-food-sandwich-drive-info/) in Cape Town (which will also serve as drop-off points) between 9am and 5pm on Friday 17 July. Volunteers can also buy their own bread and jam. Volunteers can join live via Zoom, [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ladlesofloveCT/), or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ladlesoflove?lang=en) on 18 July between 10am and 11am. To respond to the increased levels of food insecurity as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, the [Nelson Mandela Foundation](https://www.nelsonmandela.org/), [Imbumba Foundation](https://imbumbafoundation.org/) and [Kolisi Foundation](https://kolisifoundation.org/) have partnered on an initiative called #Each1Feed1. This year, the foundations intend to raise R500,000 to provide 10,000 families with food parcels over a period of three months. You can donate [here](https://www.givengain.com/cc/each-one-feed-one/). Support the [CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa](https://choc.org.za/) by participating in their **virtual quiz** which will take place at 7pm on Saturday. A [R67 donation](https://choc.org.za/product/choc-virtual-quiz-night/) fee will guarantee your spot and will help support children and teenagers living with cancer. The [Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (NMCF)](https://www.nelsonmandelachildrensfund.com/) is calling on South Africans and individuals around the globe to join them in raising funds for the NMCF by completing a **virtual 67km** any way you choose, in your own time, virtually. [Registration](https://vfcseries.com/challenges/mandela-day-67-challenge/) starts at R250 and participants who complete the race will receive a finisher’s medal and be allowed to purchase race merchandise through the platform. Join the [JEFF Breakfast Run](https://www.jeff.fitness/fitness-programs/run/#more) for a 67-minute **virtual run** to help provide a child with breakfast for a month. [Registration](https://www.jeff.fitness/fitness-programs/run/#form) and participation is free. However, for those in a position to do so, a simple R50 donation that goes to [Joint Aid Management South Africa](https://jamsa.co.za/) (JAM-SA) will feed a child breakfast for a month. To show your appreciation for and to boost the morale of essential workers who work tirelessly in the fight against Covid-19, you can be a part of the [Dairy Den’s](https://www.thedairyden.com/) #DonutsforDoers and #67forDoers campaigns by [**donating donuts**](https://www.thedairyden.com/collections/donutsfordoers-67-for-mandela-available-now). You can donate 12 doughnuts for R67 or 67 doughnuts for R350. To date, the Dairy Den has been spreading a message of appreciation to essential service workers at [10 hospitals](https://www.thedairyden.com/collections/donutsfordoers-67-for-mandela-available-now). On Mandela Day, they hope to give a big morale boost at [Khayelitsha Hospital](https://www.westerncape.gov.za/facility/khayelitsha-hospital), [Valkenberg Hospital](http://www.psychiatry.uct.ac.za/psych/valkenberg-hospital), and [Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital](https://www.lifehealthcare.co.za/hospitals/western-cape/cape-town/life-vincent-pallotti-hospital/). Join [Project Playground](https://www.project-playground.org.za/) in their fight against gender-based violence (GBV) in Langa and Gugulethu this Mandela Day by visiting their online [donation store](https://www.project-playground.org.za/donation-store). For each R167 donation, you will receive a unique “Ubunye” beaded bracelet, symbolising unity and togetherness. Prefer **making your own bracelets**? You can also purchase an Ubunye kit for R67. Kits will include all the necessary material and will also include some discussion points for parents to start a conversation about GBV with their kids while they assemble their bracelets. You can **lend a paw** to the many animal shelters who have had to cancel their traditional fundraising events. [Aid 4 Animals in Distress](https://www.facebook.com/aid4animalsindistress/) is hosting an **online prize draw** which allows everyone to give back in the form of some much-needed funding and potentially win some great prizes. Here’s how it works: you can [choose](https://www.facebook.com/aid4animalsindistress/photos/a.1620337298241056/2685289105079198/) from six grids that spell out “Nelson”, each grid has a different price per square and the prize value increases with each grid. For their 2020 initiative, [Absolute Pets](https://www.absolutepets.com/home) is partnering with [42 animal shelters](https://www.absolutepets.com/blog/post/2020/06/30/mandela-day-donation-drive-2020) across the country. People can donate food, blankets, and other products most needed by rescue organisations at any of Absolute Pets’ 83 stores. **DM/MC**