The Irish practise what Nelson Mandela preached

One of the many tributes to Nelson Mandela said that he was impressed with the Irish people who travelled to South Africa and volunteered with the Niall Mellon Housing project.

He recognised the sacrifice these people made in travelling thousands of miles to help people they didn’t know.

At Mandela’s memorial service in Soweto, US President Barack Obama spoke about Mandela’s understanding of the ties that bind the human spirit, “his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that can be invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us.”