Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau joined world leaders and artists at Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg today to reaffirm Canada’s commitment to a fairer, more sustainable, and gender equal world.

ANAND KRISHNA MISHRA

At an age when most of his classmates spend their time watching cartoons, playing video games, and preparing for exams, 11-year-old Anand Krishna Mishra is busy teaching underprivileged kids. Currently studying in Class VII in Lucknow, this ‘chota masterji’ has reached out to children from slums and over 125 villages around the city and organised his ‘Bal Choupals’.

RAJESH KUMAR SHARMA

Although Rajesh Kumar Sharma is a shopkeeper, he is popularly known as ‘Masterji’ in his neighborhood. For the past six years, Delhi-based Sharma has been teaching hundreds of slum children under a metro bridge near the Yamuna Bank metro depot.

MITHUN CHAKRABORTY

Babies are the most beautiful blessings one can have in life. However, with the news of babies being abandoned every day, it’s hard to trust on the human nature of people. But as bad and good both prevail in a society, there are kind hearted souls who rescue these babies and give them a new life.Mithun Chakraborty rescued and adopted this baby from a garbage bin, this is how she looks now.

CARE SHELTER

CARE SHELTER is an organization for mentally ill, physically challenged, destitute and orphans which was started 8 years ago after several years of street service by Mr D Irudiya Raj, CARE SHELTER is inspired by its own principle which is "in GOD'S creation no one is an orphan or destitute".

ANNE FIRTH MURRAY

A few years after founding Global Fund for Women, Anne Firth Murray wanted to carry forward her belief that women’s funds—organizations that work to mobilize more resources for grassroots women’s groups and empower women’s movements—should not exist exclusively within the United States. She was determined for other countries to have women’s grant making organizations like Global Fund for Women in order to grow the women’s movement and support a greater number of grassroots women’s organizations.

THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT

Eleven years ago the groundbreaking film prompted millions to start asking questions about the climate crisis and doing something about it, helping shape the modern climate movement we know today. And in the decade since, a lot has changed as a result. Climate science has made major advances, helping us better understand the challenge we face. Renewable energy, such as solar and wind, is cheaper than fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the world. Electric cars are even becoming mainstream (well, for some).

KCET

KCET is a Community Educational Television -or-Cultural and Educational Television which broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. These programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the US media.

NHK WORLD

NHK World delivers a diverse range of programs - covering news, education, culture, family entertainment and sports - are broadcast around the clock on every day of the year. Also NHK strives to promote a deeper international understanding of Japan, introducing the latest events in Japan through news and other programs. The duty of a public broadcaster is to deliver impartial, high-quality programs. Programs should never be influenced by the government or a private organization. A wide range of programs and a balanced programming should be also provided, with no influence imposed by ratings or the interests of a third party. The receiving fee system ensures NHK’s financial independence, which guarantees NHK’s editorial independence and impartiality.

WE ARE THE WORLD SONG

"We Are the World" is sung from a first person viewpoint, allowing the audience to "internalize" the message by singing the word we together. It has been described as "an appeal to human compassion". The first lines in the song's repetitive chorus proclaim, "We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving". "We Are the World" opens with Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, and Billy Joel singing the first verse. Michael Jackson and Diana Ross follow, completing the first chorus together. Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, and Al Jarreau sing the second verse, before Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, and Daryl Hall go through the second chorus. Co-writer Jackson, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, and Kim Carnes follow with the song's bridge. This structuring of the song is said to "create a sense of continuous surprise and emotional buildup". "We Are the World" concludes with Bob Dylan and Ray Charles singing a full chorus, Wonder and Springsteen duetting, and ad libs from Charles and Ingram.

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