#MandelaMonth: Canal Walk, LEAP partner on #MandelaMosaic

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Businesses and members of the public are invited to participate through fundraising, donations of food cans and volunteering to build the mosaic.

Using 6,700kg of food cans, participants will build a massive mosaic spanning 8 X 16 metres in the form of the Mandela Day logo. It will be a huge undertaking needing many hands, lots of energy and 17,000 cans of food. There will be four time slots where volunteer teams will spend 67 minutes per session constructing the mosaic using the donated food cans. To maintain the excitement and motivate teams, the LEAP mass choir will perform live music and dancing in honour of Nelson Mandela, and share more about the social development projects in which LEAP learners and teachers are engaged.

Redistribution to community outreach projects

LEAP and CWSC have collaborated to raise funds for the LEAP network of schools and promote awareness around its work in education development. Companies are invited to lend their time, their labour force and their funds to support the cause. Vanessa Herbst, marketing manager at CWSC, says: “Many companies wish to get involved on Mandela Day and add their contribution to building our nation but are stuck for what to do. The #MandelaMosaic project is an ideal way to celebrate the memory of our former leader and contribute to making a meaningful difference in education development while supporting food security. After the mosaic build, all the cans will be redistributed to community outreach projects that LEAP schools support.”

These projects are in Langa, Gugulethu, Crossroads and Delft.