Kaycee shares legacy
with Nobel Peace Prize winner
5 February, 2010
Newham's Young Mayor today met with one of the world's greatest
human rights campaigners - Archbishop Desmond Tutu - as he visited
the Olympic Park.
The winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize spoke with
Kaycee de Belen and schoolchildren from the five London 2012 host
boroughs about the lasting legacy that the Games will deliver and
how it will put the spotlight the diversity of East London.
He told them about his experience campaigning against apartheid in
South Africa and how sport was a vehicle for positive change.
Kaycee said: "Meeting the archbishop was such an inspirational and
exciting experience.
"He told us about the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa when
Nelson Mandela presented the trophy dressed in a Springbok shirt
and the reaction it got from the crowd and the world.
"Even though I was too young at the time to remember, his story
shows us how London can set an example, and show the world how much
diversity there is in our great city during the London 2012
Games."
Archbishop Tutu added: "I spent part of my time first as a student
at King's College here in London and later at the World Council of
Churches and it is very exciting today to see how the Games are a
catalyst for change in this part of London and how they will
deliver a lasting social, economic and sporting legacy.
"As a South African, I know how much sport can help bring different
people and nations together. I feel strongly that the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games will be a fantastic celebration of the
many different communities and cultures which exist in London and
the rest of the UK and will bring everyone together."