Poverty Requiem

On the sidelines of the Annual Meetings, students from the Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Performing Arts performed a new piece of music called Poverty Requiem. Poverty Requiem —composed by Peter Maissan with lyrics by Sylvia Borren, Oxfam Novib's general director—is made up of five movements elaborating on the different ways in which poverty impacts on people: the suffering, the anger, the mourning, the humor, and the hope.

Performances of the Requiem around the world marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on the 17th, part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP). More then 20 huge choirs joined a global chain of performances as a massive community arts project around the world, including Philippines, Suriname, Portugal, Gambia, Nigeria, India, Slovenia, Palestine, USA, and the Netherlands.

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[lagashmagan]

Hey!!!!I sang that!!All songs!!!I'm from YC Philippines!!!

[kristenvogt24]

WAY TO GO, LVPA!