Helen Lieberman Activist Receives International Award of Coexistence.

Helen Lieberman Activist Receives International Award of Coexistence.

Ceuta, 26 sep .- The South African activist Helen Lieberman, known as the "Mother Teresa of South Africa, today received the XII International Prize for Coexistence Autonomous City of Ceuta" in a ceremony held at the Palace throne room autonomic.

The award, consisting of a commemorative statue of Elena Lavern and 50,000 euros in cash, was presented by President of the, Star Trek Gold, Autonomous City, Juan Jesus Vivas (PP) during a ceremony attended by the first civilian and military authorities the city.

The jury met on June 30, granted the award for South African activist "by starring in a story of struggle for equality, for overcoming the difficulties regardless of skin color, to build a common future regardless of race, ffxiv gil, and origin, and star in a song of equality between whites and blacks. "

Councilor of Culture of Ceuta and president of Living Foundation, Mabel Deu (PP), opened the event by reading a letter from the writer Dominique Lapierre, a friend of the honoree, and said the prize was an example of "patience, perseverance and persistence towards others. "

, STO gold, After the screening of a video on the humanitarian work carried Ikamva Labantu (translated 'the future of our nation'), a South African nongovernmental organization that leads Lieberman, president of Ceuta, Juan Jesus Vivas (PP), stressed that the living is an essential asset for the city and the rest of the world. "

Juan Jesus Vivas has assessed that the honoree is an example for the world of courage, bravery and solidarity, so that its presence in Ceuta is a historical fact and is a luxury for humanity because it is a person who seeks the others have covered their needs. "

Helen Lieberman, visibly excited, stressed in his intervention that Ceuta "embodies the living, an ideal that my country, after centuries of struggle and inequality, is striving to achieve, so it is an honor that we have been awarded this recognition of our work. "

The activist recalled that his story began 45 years ago "against the laws of apartheid in South Africa was a symbol of the most unjust and inhuman system for many years."

The award-winning dedicated the award "to the thousands of people who connect with other human beings through coexistence and ubuntu (African concept that reflects humanity) because in 45 years thousands of people have become productive citizens with a self-sufficient life" .

Helen Lieberman arrived in Ceuta on Wednesday night with the intention of seeing the city and visit the temples of the four cultures, Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu, and travel to two cities in northern Morocco in Tetuan and Tangier.

Lieberman joins a list of winners that includes names like Muhammad Yunus, Vicente Ferrer, Dominique Lapierre and Adolfo Suarez.

The event closed with a round of applause for several minutes of everyone present. rp / ja