Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban & Kid Rock - Hope For Haiti Now (Lean on Me cover 2010) ( less )

Some time ago, at the Seattle Olympics, nine athletes, all mentally or physically challenged, were standing on the start line for the 100 m race. The gun fired and the race began. Not everyone... ( plus ) Some time ago, at the Seattle Olympics, nine athletes, all mentally or physically challenged, were standing on the start line for the 100 m race. The gun fired and the race began. Not everyone was running, but everyone wanted to participate and win. They ran in threes, a boy tripped and fell, did a few somersaults and started crying. The other eight heard him crying. They slowed down and looked behind them. They stopped and came back... All of them...A girl with Down's Syndrome sat down next to him, hugged him and asked, "Feeling better now?"Then, all nine walked shoulder to shoulder to the finish line. The whole crowd stood up and applauded. And the applause lasted a very long time... ( less )

meline Michel: "Many Rivers To Cross" "Many Rivers to Cross" was written in 1969 by Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff and was later featured on the soundtrack to the film "The Harder They Come," in which Cliff starred. The song's lyrics are a testament to survival and perseverance even during the most difficult, confusing moments of a person's life. It's been performed in concert by U2, the Black Crowes, the Walkmen, Lenny Kravitz, Bruce Springsteen and Annie Lennox. While new to most U.S. viewers, Michel has been dubbed "the Haitian Joni Mitchell" and showed the world just what a talent she truly is. Stars flock to telethon to raise money for Haiti quake victims. ( less )

In over-crowded Ugandan refugee camps, without telephones or even electricity, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) is reconnecting families and offering a peace of mind in the midst of a difficult situation. With funding and support from the UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation, TSF is providing thousands of refugees with free, satellite-based phone calls to family and loved ones who have been separated while fleeing the recent violence in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). TSFs Oisin Walton reports from the field. Source: Unfoundation ( less )

South African Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks to a lively crowd in Copenhagen on Dec 13, 2009, urging a legally binding agreement. Tutu delivered tens of thousands of signatures from around the world to Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change, calling for climate action. Filmed by Pamela Juhl for Copenhagen Voice and The UpTake: http://theuptake.org Distributed by Tubemogul. ( less )

Oxfam America's Bob Ferguson interviews Chad Stokes of State Radio and Sybil from Calling All Crows about the Darfur stoves project. ( less )

The decade-long civil war of the 1990s in Sierra Leone created an estimated 2.1 million refugees. At least half were children, most of whom suffered appallingly high levels of atrocity and cruelty resulting in a generation with mental health trauma. As part of its effort to engage and educate the youth in post-war Sierra Leone, Plan funds Respect Rappers ­ a collective of 30 performers, many of them ex-combatants. The rappers¹ street performances draw crowds of people who listen to their songs advocating peace and nation building. ( less )