When he was awarded the prize in 1988 Mandela was still under house arrest.Retired from public life in June 1999, he remains committed to his ideals and values in his two charities, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, as well as in the Global Elders initiative which he launched on 18 July 2007 in Johannesburg together with Graça Machel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Nuair a bronnadh an duais ar Mandela sa bhliain 1988,bhí sé fós i mbraighdeanas baile.Cé gur éirigh sé as cúraimí poiblí i Meitheamh 1999, tá a chroí agus a anam fós sna hidéil agus na luachanna is bonn dá dhá chumann carthanachta, Fondúireacht Nelson Mandela agus Ciste Leanaí Nelson Mandela, agus freisin sa tionscnamh Global Elders a sheol sé an 18Iúil 2007 in Johannesburg i dteannta le Graça Machel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.