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1999: Michael Jackson and Nelson Mandela found the Adventure
Cape Town announcement and two benefit concerts for the Mandela Children Fund, UNESCO and the Red Cross.
1999-03-23
A press conference that started everything
On March 23, 1999, Michael Jackson joined President Nelson Mandela at Genadendal in Cape Town to announce Michael Jackson and Friends — The Adventure of Humanity.
Two concerts, three beneficiaries
Benefit concerts in Seoul and Munich raised funds for the Nelson Mandela Children Fund, UNESCO and the Red Cross.
The mission continues
Led today by President Richard Nilsson, the organisation still follows the founding brief: world peace, humanitarianism and sustainability.
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