Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development

It is not beyond our
power to create a
world in which all
children have
access to a good
education. Those
who do not believe
this have small
imaginations.

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PRESIDENT MANDELA

Founding of the NMI (2007)

Justice in education in our lifetime

President Nelson Mandela founded the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development (NMI) to take forward his legacy work in education and rural development.

As the legacy organisation based in Mandela’s home province of the Eastern Cape, the NMI focuses on improving the quality of primary schooling for rural children.

Working in long-term partnership with rural schools and communities, the NMI is taking forward the Madiba promise that education is the most powerful weapon to change the world.

FLAGSHIP WORK

Too many children in [my home village of] Mvezo and many far off rural areas in our country do not become confident readers and writers; indeed they are denied the creativity that in turn denies the world the boldness of their ideas. It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education. Those who do not believe this have small imaginations.”

NELSON MANDELA,
FOUNDING STATEMENT OF THE NELSON MANDELA INSTITUTE, 2006

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