Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918. He died on December 5, 2013. Out of the 95 years he spent on earth, he dedicated 67 years out of his life to serving humanity. Nelson Mandela took on so many roles in his life time – a human rights lawyer, an anti-apartheid revolutionary, president of Suth Africa, international peacemaker, prisoner of conscience, philanthropist, and so on.
United Nations chose his birth date to celebrate the works of the great Nelson Mandela and also to urge everyone to take time out 67 minutes of their day to help those in need in simplest ways posssible.
If each of the people in the world took 67 minutes every day to help others everyday, the world will be a better place.
Long live Mandela!