The first sessions were on Education, The Food Revolution and Knowing Nelson Mandela. The Food Revolution talk was with Jamie Oliver via a live satellite link with London. Some of the interesting ( and a little shocking!) facts during his talk were that more people die from obesity related problems, than from malnutrition and malnourishment, and that this is the first generation with a shorter life expectancy than that of their parents because of obesity. During the Knowing Nelson Mandela session Ahmed Kathrada talked about when he first met Mandela and his experiences of being imprisoned at Robben Island with Mandela.
After lunch were sessions on Human Rights, Ambassadors in Action, Sport and Society, Sustainable Development, Kofi Annan Dialogues: Live and Decoded. The panel that spoke during the Sport and Society session included Boris Becker, Francois Pienaar, John Barnes, Ashwin Willemse, Ryk Neethling, and Lucas Radebe. They talked about how sport can influence people on many topics due to its media coverage, and how the youth of today has forgotten the real reason behind sports and thinks more about the fame and money involved. They also discussed how sport can reach even the poorest of places and help teach values and life lessons to children. The decoded session at the end of the day was done by two members of the company Decoded and they mentioned how anyone can learn coding, and that it needs to be taught in more schools. They showed a map of the world with all the flight paths to Johannesburg appearing during the days leading up to the summit with a clock showing the time, that the delegates were on.
Overall today was an inspiring day, and I'm in awe of the number of young people that have done, and are continuing to do, great things all over the world.
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