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Africa For Norway - New charity single out now! Official christmas video

Pu­bli­cado27 Nov 2012

Eti­quetas radi-aid africa for norway of­fi­cial ch­ristmas video

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Africa For Norway - New cha­rity single out now! Of­fi­cial ch­ristmas video

You too can do­nate your ra­di­ator and spread some warmth! http://​www.​africafornorway.​com/​
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Ima­gine if every person in Africa saw the "Africa for Norway" video and this was the only in­for­ma­tion they ever got about Norway. What would they think about Norway?

If we say Africa, what do you think about? Hunger, po­verty, crime or AIDS? No wonder, be­cause in fun­drai­sing cam­paigns and media that's mainly what you hear about.

The pic­tures we usu­ally see in fun­drai­sers are of poor African chil­dren. Hunger and po­verty is ugly, and it calls for ac­tion. But while these images can en­gage pe­ople in the short term, we are con­cerned that many pe­ople simply give up be­cause it seems like nothing is get­ting better. Africa should not just be so­mething that pe­ople either give to, or give up on.

The truth is that there are many po­si­tive de­ve­lop­ments in African coun­tries, and we want these to be­come known. We need to change the sim­plistic ex­pla­na­tions of pro­blems in Africa. We need to edu­cate our­selves on the com­plex is­sues and get more focus on how wes­tern coun­tries have a ne­ga­tive im­pact on Africa's de­ve­lop­ment. If we want to ad­dress the pro­blems the world is fa­cing we need to do it based on kno­wledge and res­pect.

The video is made by The Norwe­gian Stu­dents' and Aca­de­mics' In­ter­na­ti­onal As­sis­tance Fund (www.​saih.​no). With the co­o­pe­ra­tion of Ope­ra­tion Day's Work (www.​od.​no). With fun­ding from The Norwe­gian Agency for De­ve­lop­ment Co­o­pe­ra­tion (Norad) and The Norwe­gian Chil­dren and Youth Council (LNU). Music by Wathiq Ho­o­sain. Ly­rics by Bretton Woods (www.​developingcountry.​org). Video by Ikind Pro­duc­tions (www.​ikindmedia.​com)