The Reality of Syrian Refugees.

 WWII survivors are reaching out to Syrian refugees to let      

  them know they're not alone

"She made me feel like I exist"

Sing for the Climate.

Sing For The Climate is a Belgian initiative, made possible by the goodwill of many volunteers.

In 2012 Sing For The Climate was organised in Belgium: more than 380.000 people sang ‘Do it now‘! So we made a clip that united all the voices. This clip was shown to the Belgian Prime Minister, the State Secretary of Environment, the Flemish and the European Ministers of Environment. All the above signed the demands of the Campaign for the Climate and therefore committed themselves to take necessary measures. Finally, the clip was shown on the last plenary meeting of UN Climate Conference in Doha. It may be a coincidence, but only that last night they reached an agreement to extend the Kyoto Protocol.

Climate change is not a problem for the far future. It is already a problem. 300.000 people die annually, because of climate change. Floods, drought, hurricanes, food shortages,… The vast majority of these victims falling in the south, should not prevent us from feeling involved and sounding the alarm. 

We need you!

Join our team by sending an email to info@singfortheclimate.com

And let us know in which country you want to help spread the song.

Let’s change climate change together!

..................................................................................IJIJOIN THE MOVEMENTIII

..................................We thank Iria Cadilla for her kind cooperation 

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Welcome to Happiness: Bye Bye Ebola

In 2014, the worst outbreak (=brote)  of Ebola in history hit Sierra Leone hard and thousands have died from the virus. The already weak health system could not cope with the impact of the outbreak.

What better way to celebrate a nation’s comeback from the grips of a terrible disease than with a dance move that went viral? 

Remixing Afrobeat anthem ‘Azonto,’ Block Jones and Freetown Uncut have got Sierra Leoneans back on their feet to celebrate life as an ebola-free nation. Watch schoolchildren, health care workers, faith leaders and people all across the country dance away in this video that will definitely bring a smile to your face. 

And now that Guinea’s last known ebola patient has recovered, there’s even more reason to hope for an ebola-free world by 2016. 

COMEBACK= retorno, regreso

GRIPS = garras

FAITH = fe

Bye Bye Ebola: the happiest music video of the year

PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO

SOCIAL MOBILISER = activista

ETC (Ebola Treatment Centre) STAFF =  trabajadores del ETC

ISOLATION UNIT STAFF

AMBULANCE TEAMS

NURSES

MILITARY

MEDIA

NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations) STAFF

COMMUNITIES

POLICE

117 STAFF

TRADERS = comerciantes

FISHERMEN

SURVIVORS

BURIAL TEAMS = equipos de inhumación

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

SCHOOLS

NERC (National Ebola Response Centre) STAFF

...............................................................................From:www.globalcitizen.org

Syrian Refugees: A Humane Thing.

Dutch volunteer Darcia explains why she's helping refugee families landing on shores of Lesvos, Greece

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Ms. Fleur has travelled from the Netherlands to this Greek island near the coast of Turkey as a volunteer to help mothers and their children. The founder and CEO of The Urban Baby Wearer, she came here with the intent of giving away (and instructing mothers on how to use) specialized baby carriers in which the mothers wear their babies against their bodies. But the huge demand for basic services means Fleur spends her days doing everything from walking into the sea and carrying babies off the incoming rafts to fetching water and blankets.

“Yesterday I had a baby of five days old in my hands,” she says. “It came in a life jacket. Somebody handed me a life jacket and I was like, ‘Why am I getting a life jacket?’ And I looked inside, and inside was a five-day-old baby.”

GIVE AWAY = DONAR
BABY CARRIER = MOCHILA PORTA-BEBÉS
INCOMING = ENTRANTE
RAFTS = BALSAS
FETCH = IR A BUSCAR
BLANKET = MANTA
LIFE JACKET = CHALECO SALVAVIDAS

Wait and see

On this day, more than 40 boats arrive on the island. Each raft carries roughly 50 people, each who paid a smuggler approximately US$1,300 to make the short but sometimes dangerous trip from Turkey to Greece.

“I’m a mom, so what inspired me is to see other moms in need,” she says. “Because if I’m fleeing a war, with a child, I hope there is another mom saying, ‘OK, let me help you.’”

ROUGHLY = APROXIMADAMENTE
SMUGGLER = CONTRABANDISTA, TRAFICANTE
IN NEED = EN NECESIDAD
FLEE = HUIR

(...)

“I don’t see myself as doing something special,” Fleur says. She’s been here only four days and will be leaving soon. “I think we’re just doing a humane thing. That’s why I’m coming back. It feels like it’s not done.”

Turkey's Deadliest Attack in its Modern History

Two suicide bombers are believed to have caused the blasts near the city's main train station, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a televised address to the nation

The atrocity is the deadliest single terrorist attack on Turkish soil and has happened at a politically sensitive time, just three weeks before national elections.

(CNN)Though no group has claimed responsibility for the deadly weekend bombings in Ankara, the focus of the investigation is the Islamic extremist group ISIS, Turkey's Prime Minister said Monday.

Two suicide bombers are believed to have carried out Saturday's attack near Ankara's main train station, killing at least 97 people and wounding nearly 250 others, Turkey has said.

GLOBAL ISSUES. Do We Need a Fashion Revolution?

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On 24 April 2013, 1133 people died in the Rana Plaza catastrophe in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A further 2500 were injured. They were killed while working for familiar fashion brands in one of the many ‘accidents’ that plague the garment industry.

Fashion Revolution          is a global coalition of designers, academics, writers, business leaders and parliamentarians calling for systemic reform of the fashion supply chain.

SUPPLY CHAIN = cadena de suministro

In short, we believe that 1133 is too many people to lose from the planet in one factory, on one terrible day without that standing for something.

Fashion Revolution sees the Rana Plaza disaster as a metaphorical call to arms, and Fashion Revolution Day, to be held annually on the 24th of April, will keep the most vulnerable in the supply chain in the public eye.

We need it to show the world that change is possible.

(...)

We want to use the power of fashion to inspire a permanent change in the fashion industry and reconnect the broken links in the supply chain. At the moment of purchase, most of us are unaware of the processes and impacts involved in the creation of a garment. We need to reconnect through a positive narrative, to understand that we aren’t just purchasing a garment or accessory, but a whole chain of value and relationships.

TO BE UNAWARE = no ser consciente

GARMENT = prenda de ropa

(...)

It takes a lot to make a garment. Not just the bits we hear about – the designers, the brands, the shops, the catwalk shows and the parties – but also the farmers who grow cotton, the ginners, spinners, weavers, dyers, sewers and other factory workers without whom the industry would not exist. These people, the people who make our clothes are hidden from us, often at their own expense.

CATWALK = pasarela..............WEAVER = tejedor

GINNER = desmotador............DYER = tintorero

SPINNER = hilandero..............SEWER = costurero

............................Be curious, find out, do something.


This  stunt was created for Fashion Revolution Day 2015 (which took place on April 24). T-shirt vending machine set up in the centre of Berlin shows shoppers the real price of cheap fashion

...........................................................................From:  http://fashionrevolution.org/about/

If you want to GET INVOLVED:

.....................................IWE ARE FASHION REVOLUTION SPAIN


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Wonderful 'Love Has No Labels' Campaign.

This Valentine’s Day, the Ad Council, HelpsGood.com and R/GA teamed up to show the world that Love Has No Labels. The screen showed skeletons in acts of simple love that make you go Ah! then people emerge from around the corner to demonstrate that love has no boundaries, no gender, no race or age.  

TEAM UP = trabajar en equipo

EMERGE = salir, aparecer

BOUNDARY = frontera 

This viral video has counted more than 1.1 million views in just 24 hours. Focusing on the subjects of diversity and inclusion, the clip opens with gorgeous views of Santa Monica, Calif., shot on Valentine's Day last month.

DIVERSITY and INCLUSION = diversidad e integración.

While the vast majority of Americans consider themselves unprejudiced, many of us unintentionally make snap judgments about people based on what we see—whether it’s race, age, gender, religion, sexuality, or disability. This may be a significant reason many people in the U.S. report they feel discriminated against. Subconscious prejudice—called “implicit bias”—has profound implications for how we view and interact with others who are different from us. 

SNAP JUDGEMENT = juicio precipitado

BIAS = prejuicio, preferencia 

The important thing is to educate ourselves and watch for biases when they surface.

CAN YOU SPOT IMPLICIT BIAS IN YOURSELF? Try the quiz on Love Has No Labels  website

  

................................................. From: http://www.thebacklot.com/love-has-no-labels/03/2015/

...................................................................http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Council

The Advertising Council, commonly known as the Ad Council, is an American non-profit organization that produces, distributes and promotes public service announcements on behalf of various sponsors, including non-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations and agencies of the United States government

Band Aid 30. Do They Know It's Christmas?

Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 byBob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-poverty efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year

Band Aid 30 is the 2014 incarnation of the charity supergroup Band Aid. The group was announced on 10 November 2014 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, with Geldof stating that he took the step after the United Nations had contacted him, saying help was urgently needed to prevent the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa spreading throughout the world. As in previous incarnations, the group covered the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written in 1984 by Geldof and Ure, this time to raise money towards the Ebola crisis in Western Africa.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

                                                 "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

[One Direction:]
It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid

[Ed Sheeran:]
At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

[Rita Ora:]
And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy

[Sam Smith:]
Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

[Paloma Faith:]
But say a prayer and pray for the other ones

[Emeli Sandé:]
At Christmas time it's hard but while you’re having fun

[Guy Garvey:]
There’s a world outside your window and it’s a world of dread and fear

[Dan Smith:]
Where a kiss of love can kill you

[Angelique Kidjo:]
Where there’s death in every tear

[Chris Martin:]
And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom

[Bono:]
Well, tonight we’re reaching out and touching you

[Seal:]
Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa

[Ellie Goulding:]
A song of hope where there’s no hope tonight

[Sinéad O'Connor:]
Why is comfort to be feared, why is to touch to be scared?

[Bono:]
How can they know it’s Christmas time at all?

[One Direction:]
Here’s to you

[Olly Murs:]
Raise a glass to everyone

[Bastille:]
Here’s to them
[Sam Smith:]
And all there is to come
[Rita Ora:]
Can they know it’s Christmas time at all?

[All:]
Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

Heal the world
Let them know it’s Christmas time again

HAIYAN DISASTER

Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) -- No food. No water. Houses and buildings torn to pieces. Bodies scattered on the streets. Hospitals overrun with patients. Medical supplies running out.

SCATTERED = DESPERDIGADO

OVERRUN = SOBREPASADO

SUPPLIES = SUMINISTROS

As Typhoon Haiyan barreled across the South China Sea on Sunday, getting set to bring more destruction to Vietnam, many Filipinos grappled with devastation on a level they'd never seen before.

BARREL = IR DISPARADO

The Philippine Red Cross estimated at least 1,200 people were killed by Haiyan, but the full death toll could be significantly higher as officials make their way to remote, nearly inaccessible places pummeled by the storm.

DEATH TOLL = NÚMERO DE MUERTOS

PUMMEL = GOLPEAR

Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez told CNN it is "entirely possible" that 10,000 people may have died in the storm in Leyte province.

"People here were convinced that it looked like a tsunami," Romualdez told CNN.

"I have not spoken to anyone who has not lost someone, a relative close to them. We are looking for as many as we can," he said.

'This is really, really bad, worse than hell'

Carrying all they could from their devastated lives, a steady stream of typhoon victims kept arriving at Tacloban airport, looking for food, water and escape

(...)

Haiyan may be the strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history, but meteorologists said it will take further analysis to confirm whether it set a record.

The typhoon was 3.5 times more forceful than Hurricane Katrina, which hit the United States 2005.

But Haiyan's wrath has caused much more than tremendous loss of life and epic destruction -- it's also ruined the livelihoods of many survivors.

"This disaster on such a scale will probably have us working for the next year," said Sandra Bulling, international communications officer for the aid agency CARE. "Fishermen have lost their boats. Crops are devastated. This is really the basic income of many people."

WRATH = IRA

LIVELIHOODS = SUBSISTENCIA

CROPS = COSECHA

BASIC INCOME = SALARIO 

25s in Madrid

Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters fed up with the country's austerity measures demonstrated here Tuesday outside the congressional building.

Clashes between police and demonstrators in central Madrid's Neptuno Square resulted in 28 people being hurt, two of them police officers, a police spokesman said.

The spokesman said 22 people among the estimated crowd of 6,000 had been arrested.

Demonstrators said police were shooting into the crowd with rubber bullets; the police would not comment.

"We have you surrounded," some demonstrators sang. "We have no fear."

At one point, Spanish police charged demonstrators with batons to prevent them from approaching the parliament, which was in session (...)

FED UP = HARTO

AUSTERITY MEASURES = MEDIDAS DE AUSTERIDAD

DEMOSTRATE =  MANIFESTARSE

CONGRESSIONAL BUILDING = EDIFICIO DEL CONGRESO

CLASH = ENFRENTAMIENTO

SPOKESMAN = PORTAVOZ

CROWD = MULTITUD

RUBBER BULLETS = BALAS DE GOMA

WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED = OS TENEMOS RODEADOS

BATON = PORRA

PREVENT FROM = IMPEDIR

APPROACH = ACERCARSE

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

25 November 2011

In 1999, the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime - with the abuser usually someone known to her.

Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. The date commemorates the brutal assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, in 1960 on orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961)(...)

From:www.who.int

PANDEMIC =  over a whole country or large part of the world 

ONE OUT OF... = una de cada...

COERCE = obligar, coaccionar

OTHERWISE =  de otra manera

End Violence Against Women is a powerful UK-wide coalition calling for urgent action to end all forms of violence against women and girls. 

A woman is raped every 9 minutes in Britain. Are rape jokes ok or part of the culture in which rape takes place? Watch We Are Man and see what you think.

RAPE = violar (sexualmente)
JOKES = chistes


From: www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org/uk

SCRIPT:

All right darling?

I tell you what, she could do with a good raping.  What man? I'm joking.

SHE COULD DO WITH... = le vendría bien..

RAPING = violación

Every 9 minutes a woman is raped in Britain

That's not WHO I am, I am man.