He was always determined to do what he did and he wasn't going to give up. In 1994, four years after his release from prison, Mandela was elected South Africa's first black president. Nelson's election was an extraordinary achievement in the fight for equality. Even though the majority of South Africa's population was black, he had grown up in a country where black people were denied basic rights, let alone being elected president. After successfully ending the apartheid regime without violence, Nelson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Receiving the prize, he said: "This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights. man, a world freed from the horrors of poverty and hunger. , deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and scourge of civil wars and external aggression and rid of the great tragedy of millions of people forced to become refugees. » (act.mtv.om) In 1995, he opened the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Nelson cared about people of all colors. He believed that everyone deserved what was due to them