Water is Life' is the projects motto.
Vickie Butcher along with other laureates and delegates will arrive in Geneva late in July 1999 to participate in the broad spectrum of Fete d'Excellence activities which include United Nations Roundtables, Workshops with governmental and non-governmental world leaders as well as cultural and social events. The Negro Baseball League is one of the honorees. The First President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela and Kofi Anon, the Secretary General of the United Nations are Scheduled to participate in the deliberations. The Fete d'Excellence is held annually the first two weeks of August in Geneva, Switzerland concurrent with the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. The Special focus of the 1999 Fete is the International Year of Older Persons marking the 50th Anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Convection.