Embassy of France in SA commemorates Nelson Mandela Day 2015

Ambassador of France to South Africa, HE Elisabeth Barbier and the staff of the Embassy pictured with the children and staff at the Child Welfare Tshwane center in Pretoria

Ambassador of France to South Africa, HE Elisabeth Barbier and the staff of the Embassy spent Nelson Mandela Day at Child Welfare Tshwane in Pretoria for the third year in a row.
On Friday 17 July, Ambassador Barbier and the Embassy staff spent ‪‎Mandela Day at Child Welfare Tshwane’s Risk Assessment and Drop-In Center in Sunnyside.‬
Child Welfare Tshwane’s Drop-In Center in Sunnyside caters for pre-school and school children from the area. Many of them are immigrants and refugees from African countries.
The Ambassador and approximately 20 Embassy staff members painted the waiting room of the Risk Assessment center , took care of the garden in front of the center and donated food, clothes, books and toys.
Some of the pre-school children cared for by Child Welfare Tshwane’s Sunnyside center enjoyed Mandela Day with the Embassy staff – they assisted in taking care of the garden and in painting and decorating the waiting room.

Pictured (l-r from top) Ambassador Elisabeth Barbier with one of the children at Tshwane Child Welfare in Sunnyside; Johanna Stilo, co-organiser of the French Embassy’s Mandela Day project with Rémi Saget of the French Embassy’s economic service; Rémi Saget of the French Embassy’s economic service reads the newspaper to children; Aude Zuliani, scientific project manager at the French Embassy; Faith Xaba of the French Embassy’s cultural cooperation section (2nd from left), Liliane Marara of the French Embassy’s economic service (4th right) with employees and children at Tshwane Child Welfare in Sunnyside; Isabelle Tanguy (right) of the French Embassy’s administration department talks to some of the children and Ambassador Barbier interacting with the staff and children at the center.

Story and Photos: Lali van Zuydam/French Embassy SA

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