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Use one word only: What does music mean to you?

Your support fuels our work, strengthens our message, and reminds us that even in dark times, empathy and solidarity can shine through.

From all of us at Musicians Without Borders: thank you!

We did this together 💛

Thank you to every single one of you who supported our “This Is Me” campaign.

Together, we raised €27,762 to bring music, healing, and connection to people silenced by war, conflict, and displacement.

Hope has a sound. And it’s louder when we raise our voices together.

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Musicians Without Borders Fundraiser » Summer Campaign: This Is Me Support our campaign this summer and help us to amplify the voices of people affected by war, conflict, and displacement around the world.

🎶 We’ve received so many beautiful responses to the stories shared in this campaign. Which one moved you most? We’d love to hear it in the comments below 💬

We’re in the final week!

❤️ Help us reach 100%. Any gift makes a difference.
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We’ve shared the stories of incredible individuals working at the heart of our projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Congo, Palestine, Jordan, Myanmar, Mitrovica, and the Netherlands. 🌍

Your donations are helping us bring music, healing, and hope to communities impacted by war and conflict.

We’re almost there ✨ We've reached 87% of our goal!

Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve raised €26,200 of €30,000 to keep our global peacebuilding music projects thriving.

Pictured above: Spikes

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🎤 Mixed bands. Shared stages. Real connection.
This is what it looks like when music connects.
And this is why we do what we do.

With the support of partners across Europe and our methodology developed in Mitrovica Rock School, these young people are doing more than playing music. They're rewriting what’s possible.

This is the power of Music Connects, one of our programs that brings together youth from different communities to create, rehearse, and perform original music across ethnic lines.

When the music starts, dividing lines disappear.

On stage: teens from different backgrounds, standing side by side, playing their own songs to a crowd that cheers as one. 🎶

Emir’s Journey from Student to Leader in Mitrovica My name is Emir, and I grew up in Mitrovica. Since my early childhood, music was the only thing that was a constant around me, something that I would always...

Now, he helps run the school, offering new generations the same chance: to think differently, to feel safe, and to express who they are, all through music.

💙 This is more than a music school. This is a place of possibility.

🔗 Read his story here: www.musicianswithout...

In a divided city once shaped by conflict, Emir found belonging through music.

As a teenager, he walked into Mitrovica Rock School just looking for rehearsal space. What he found was a second home, one that brought young people from all sides of a divided city together.

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💬 “Our sessions returned to the fundamentals: care, culture, and music. Nothing else could’ve created this level of connection in so little time.”

— Supakarn, Sound of Hope Training Director
This is how recovery begins. Through music. Together.

🔗 Read Supa’s full story → www.musicianswithout...

Together, they applied Musicians Without Borders’ community music methodology—supporting children in reclaiming safety and expression, even beside ruins like a Buddha statue decapitated by the quake.

What does healing through music look like after disaster strikes?

In Myanmar, just weeks after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, a group of local musicians got together and went into affected areas.

We stand with the growing call for Keti Koti to be formally recognized as a national holiday in the Netherlands—because true freedom means confronting and acknowledging the full truth of our shared past.

💙Today, we pause, we remember, and we celebrate freedom.

It is a moment to reflect on the violence of colonialism and slavery, and to honor the resilience and strength of those who resisted and survived it.

As an organization working for peace and inclusion through music, we believe in acknowledging the histories that shape our societies and in standing in solidarity with communities affected by injustice—past and present. Keti Koti is part of that history.

Today, on July 1st, Musicians Without Borders joins in recognizing Keti Koti, Surinamese for “the chain is broken.”⛓️‍💥

It marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the former Dutch Antilles in 1863, and is a powerful day of both remembrance and celebration of freedom.

YouTube video by Roma Rock School Hero - Right Turn (Roma Rock School)

Song of the Month: Right Turn - Hero

The band Right Turn is one of our longest-running bands from the Roma Rock School. Since 2019, they have been combining energetic rock with traditional Roma music to create something truly unique.

Listen to their track Hero here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOR...

Meet Abeer, a Choir Conductor in our Palestine Program My name is Abeer, and I am a Palestinian artist, a Psychodrama and Expressive Arts Therapist, and Choir Conductor at Bara’em Ghirass for Musicians Without Borders. I grew up in...

🍉Meet Abeer, a Choir Conductor at Bara’em Ghirass in Palestine.

In a life shaped by borders and instability, she creates a space where children grow in confidence, connection, and hope.

Read the full story about her work and impact here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/06/11/m...

Palestinian Children in Bethlehem Find Relief in Music Amid Conflict: Watch PNN Video Bethlehem / PNN/Amid the ongoing Israeli Palestinian conflict, Palestinian children are growing up under the shadow of w

Last month, the Palestine News Network visited our project in Bethlehem, and reported on our work with the children living in and around the city.

We are so grateful to have had them come along - you can read their report here: english.pnn.ps/news/47493

It was incredibly moving, as you can see from the video above.

Again, a huge shoutout to Myanmar Jazz Club for their efforts in providing relief through music for so many victims of the earthquake. Our hearts are with you all 💙

The workers found out that his father was a very talented guitarist, so asked the boy if he knew any of the songs his father used to sing to him.

He said yes, and was invited onto the stage from where the workers were giving sessions, and sang that song for the whole community.

Another very precious moment happened in Myanmar.

Relief workers trained by Musicians Without Borders found a small boy at one of the camps for internally displaced people, who had tragically lost his father in the earthquake.

Read on below 👇

“Music? What do I need that for?” My name is Almerisa, and I am a Musicians Without Borders workshop leader and trainer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We use music to support people in reception centers and safe...

“Music? What do I need that for? I have to work."

In our new blog, Almerisa, a Workshop Leader and Trainer working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares a powerful story of how music cracked open a space for healing, connection, and hope.

Read here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/05/22/m...

What does “This Is Me” mean to you? Let us know below 👇