that bring people together leaders that
inspire people to act for the good of
everyone I know that you all have
something that you love to do and my
mission is to lead people to set an
example and to use their talents to help
others in helping orphan and abandoned
children in 80 countries I hope to
motivate and inspire people everywhere
to come together and to make a
difference leadership can begin at any
age last year I set out on a mission to
sing 80 national anthems in their proper
language and country the purpose was to
raise money and awareness for charity
called SOS Children’s Villages now in
each country I got the opportunity to
sing with the local kids I got to see
what many of these kids have to deal
with on a day-to-day basis and how they
still manage to be happy despite their
circumstances as orphaned or abandoned
children you see in most of the
countries that we went I sang with the
kids at the SOS children’s village now
this is a charity that gives homes to
orphan and abandoned children most of
these kids had such an amazing view Lynn
the world because of all that they’d
been through and I believe that they
have the potential to one day become
amazing leaders you might be wondering
why anthems I knew that not all kids
around the world would know the same
local songs that we sing in Canada but
they would all know their national
anthem I found that the national anthem
was often the one song that had the
power to bring everyone together let me
just say it was a life-changing
experience I am now going to tell you
three stories of three
groups of kids that yeah that I got the
opportunity to meet these kids are the
future leaders of our world and I want
to explain why South Africa was an
amazing learning experience for me it is
the birthplace of so many outstanding
leaders that truly made a mark in
history it is full of talented inspiring
hard-working people just like you and I
one thing separates us the kids that I
meant had been orphaned abandoned or
abused one girl in particular stood out
to me her name was Hector she was the
same age as me so 12 she spoke perfect
English something you learn to
appreciate when you’re traveling because
so many people worldwide don’t at one
point I asked her a question that had
asked many kids around the world if you
had one wish what would it be she
replied that it would be to know her
family I was astonished instead of
wishing for a car bike or even a bone
like so many other kids that I’d met she
wished for something that I took for
granted and didn’t really consider a
privilege she loved my mission that made
me feel like I was doing the right thing
standing up for the right cause on the
last day that we were there she told me
that I’d inspired her that she wanted to
become a human rights lawyer because she
wanted to help people I believe that she
has a potential to one day become an
amazing leader and to do great things it
is sad to see how much discrimination
there is worldwide towards people of
different religions I saw this when I
was in Malaysia now we were only there
for
one night but I got the opportunity to
meet these wonderful girls at a Muslim
boarding school in Kuala Lumpur after I
sang the national anthem with him they
asked me a question they asked me if I
was scared of them because they were
Muslim scared of them these girls were
only 14 years old but because of the
perception that we sometimes get of
Muslim people in the media they thought
that I would also have that perception
of them I would never have thought of
being scared of them so that’s what I
told them they tried to reassure me by
saying that I shouldn’t worry they
weren’t going to blow me up blow me up
there are so many incredible Muslim
leaders in this world that the bad
should not outweigh the good for
instance Malala is one of my greatest
inspirations these girls were only
regular teenagers the only thing that
set us apart was religion they were not
extremists in their views the vast
majority of Muslim people aren’t it is
only very closed-minded people that
would have that perception of them to me
they were just friendly girls in Greece
I got the opportunity to meet this
wonderful group of kids when I first
went to sing the Greek national anthem
with him they were quite reluctant and
shy to sing with me like they didn’t
quite know what to do on the night
before I was about to leave I heard
voices outside of my window singing the
Greek national anthem Sagna is a pudding
cup see to spot you sintra Mary
I went outside and I saw that the entire
village of kids had gathered below my
window to sing the Greek national anthem
I was amazed that these kids had steps
so far outside of their comfort zone to
come and sing for me even though we
didn’t speak the same language they
found a way to communicate with me and a
way to say goodbye at that moment I
realized that if music has the power to
connect me and them were from opposite
sides of the world and speak completely
different languages then music has the
power to do anything now in these three
stories I saw how the power of
inspiration is a strong one a lot of the
time when i went to these villages the
kids especially the girls seem to have
no faith in themselves to do great
things when they saw that a girl did
have the power to make a difference I
saw their attitudes change when I left
each of those countries I felt a
different vibe from when I got there
most importantly these kids felt
empowered and determined to become the
leaders that their communities were
sometimes missing all great nations and
movements started with a leader that had
their followers best interests at heart
good leaders inspire people to make a
difference in the world and in their
communities everything starts with an
idea some may say an idea worth
spreading with enough motivation and
determination I found that you have to
work hard until you’ve achieved whatever
you’re trying to achieve for instance I
am standing up for the rights of kids
everywhere by decreasing child poverty
and abandonment this
is my movement I aspire to inspire other
kids like me around the world to use
whatever they love to do to create a
movement and to fight for what they
believe in I’m now going to sing an
original song that I wrote called anthem
of the world it talks about peace among
cultures and how if we all use what we
love to do to make a difference we could
make the world a better and more
peaceful place now I want you guys all
to stand up and feel free to sing with
me in the chorus people of the world
come with me and see let’s all join
together and see what I can bring stead
of filling us with data leaders should
inspire and then we can come together
for it gets too dire let’s hop sing
coffee so yeah sing an anthem for the
world all bad let’s go together everyone
you all have the power to become fears
to inspire
[Music]
yeah the world
come with me you’ll see we can work
together and then we’ll all be free I
bet it
so much fun loving family is so many
around about me more from me you and me
let’s sing for Pisa yet singing anthem
for the world all bad let’s come
together everyone come together and sing
with me let’s all sing puppies ooh yes
an anthem for the world are at let’s
come together everyone can we get an
sing with me oh oh yes sing your heart
out oh yeah sing your heart out oh oh
yes come together and sing with me
together and sing with me we have the
power to change the world oh people of
the world come with me Oh bye week and
join together and soul and in mine so
many fights too and red stuck inside
your wet hey I know we can do it yeah
let’s work for peaceful day
lets up peaceful bisous yessing an
anthem for the world or app let’s go
together everyone to make a dancing with
me let’s all sing for bisous yet seen
anthem for the world already let’s come
together everyone come together as do
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