Graça Machel-Mandela
(1945-)

Former First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa
1995 Nansen Refugee Award
The Elders

birthdate: October 17
birthplace:
Incadine, Gaza Province, Mozambique

QUOTES

preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today.

In a disparate world, children are a unifying force capable of bringing us all together in support of a common ethic.

it is clear that increasingly, children are targets, not incidental casualties, of armed conflict.

In some countries, conflicts have raged for so long that children have grown into adults without ever knowing peace.

It is the meaning of what my life has been since youth,to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people

Therefore my challenge to each of you ... is that you ask yourself what you can do to make a difference. And then take that action, no matter how large or how small. For our children have a right to peace.

 

Kids | Youth | Adults | Calendar | Quotes | Heroes | Stories | The EMILY Fund | Scholarships
DO ONE THING and BetterWorld Kids Clubs are projects of The EMILY Fund (The Emily Silverstein Fund, Inc.)
Hero portraits are included for illustration purposes only - no celebrity endorsement implied

The Emily Fund
Education, Mentorship, Inspiration, Leadership, Youth
- for a Better
World

PO Box 430
Roosevelt, NJ 08555-0430
info@EmilyFund.org