A group of young musicians from Tanzania, India and the Netherlands together created three music videos. Each of them contains a different message about equal rights all over the world. On July 7 the Dutch part of Change Beats went to The Hague for a flashmob to urge politicians and passers-by not to forget the rest of the world. They did this by giving everyone an Umefulia; a symbolic gesture to don't give up and try again!
19% dreams about a beautiful world
62% of the viewers believe in Umefulia
19% share our sense of emergency
In je fantasie is alles mogelijk, ook al heb je niet veel. What if... iedereen de kans heeft zijn eigen droom te leven? Waar je ook woont of wat je ook hebt. Asha, Kajol, Aye en Neha, vocals en composers in Change Beats wonen in de slums van Delhi, India. Via Smile foundation kunnen zij naar school om te werken aan grote toekomstdromen...
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In your fantasy everything is possible, even if you don't have much. What if... we all have the opportunity to live our own dream? Wherever you live and whatever you have. Asha, Kajol, Aye en Neha live in the Indian slums. Through the Smile Foundation they go to school, working on their own dream of the future.
Umefulia - je hebt gefaald - is Swahili streetslang. Rappers Deo en Alfayo, voormalig straatkinderen, zeggen Umefulia om elkaar te motiveren meer te bereiken. Nu gaan ze naar school en bereiden zich voor thuis te gaan wonen met steun van Mkombozi, een organisatie voor straatkinderen. Deo en Alfayo moedigen je aan in jezelf te geloven. Umefulia!
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Umefulia means you have failed in Swahili slang. Rappers Deo and Alfayo from Tanzania, former street children, say Umefulia to motivate each other and to reach their goals. Now they go to school and with the support of Mkombozi, an organisation for street children, they prepare for returning home. Deo and Alfayo encourage you to believe in yourself. Umefulia!
Niet iedereen op de wereld krijgt dezelfde kansen. Hier in Nederland zijn we vaak onverschillig, terwijl de problemen ergens anders in de wereld dringend zijn: veranderend klimaat, armoede, kinderarbeid. Change Beats vindt het hoog tijd om je zorgen te maken, it's just an emergency! D-Day: Als we samen alles delen, hebben wij allebei iets...
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Not everybody has equal chances. In The Netherlands kids are often indifferent, while the problems in other parts of the world are urgent: changing climate, poverty, child labour. Change Beats thinks it is time to act for change. It's just an emergency! Rapper D-Day: If we share we all have something.
