“A hero for me”: Peter Gabriel tells us about his long and unlikely friendship with former President Jimmy Carter and their vast humanitarian work together.
“The cliche of ‘the voice for the voiceless’ is partly what drew [all] the Elders in,” Gabriel says. “Jimmy has always gone for the underdog, like with the incredible work he’s done with forgotten diseases that were never going to be commercial enough for the big drug companies.”
Branson says some of his “most treasured memories” include travels to Brazil and Egypt with Carter and the impact the former president — whom he calls “a moral giant” — made on the people he encountered. Gabriel says the original members of the group including Carter, Mandela, Tutu, Kofi Annan, former first lady of South Africa and Mozambique Graça Machel and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson convened regularly and Carter “chipped in very occasionally” during discussions.
“As I got to know Jimmy Carter, he became a hero for me,” Gabriel says. “I’ve rarely met someone as devoted to service as he is and as principled as he is.” Graça Machel, Peter Gabriel, Nelson Mandela, Richard Branson, and Jimmy Carter listen to Desmond Tutu in Johannesburg in 2007.The group launched in Johannesburg on Nelson Mandela’s 89th birthday in 2007, with Carter becoming an Elder Emeritus in 2016 and continuing his work at the Carter Center until heYet, even before Gabriel and Carter met through the Elders project, their connection could be traced to a pivotal event that took place during Carter’s time in the White House.
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