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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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

Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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 @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

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.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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. 🎶

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

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.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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...

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Hero - Right Turn (Roma Rock School)

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🍉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...

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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...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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

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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

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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 👇

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

“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...

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“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...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

“This Is Me” – a campaign to give voice to the silenced. Across the world, people affected by war, conflict, and displacement are often reduced to headlines, labels, and statistics. We believe in something different. Through music, we amplify real voices. Real stories. Real lives.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Song of the Month - Yammo (Oh Mother) A song from the hearts of children, for the hearts of mothers. In honor of Mother's Day being celebrated in many countries in May, we share a message of strength, love, and resilience - especially for the mothers of Palestine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYC...

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Mother's Day Message from Palestine

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

In a region shaped by conflict, children came together to create something powerful: joy. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 42 newly trained music trainers, once participants themselves, reached over 1,000 children in just one month.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Laura Hassler shared a powerful vision at the Arnold Bake Day conference: A world where music isn’t just entertainment, but a tool for healing, connection, and empowerment.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Music Connects, also in Berlin! Once a year, the once-divided city of Berlin welcomes young musicians who are overcoming ethnic, religious and language divisions through music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=65a0...

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Music Connects: Creating new music in Berlin

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

From one pair of hands to another - these donated violins in the hands of these young musicians recently arrived in our Palestine project. Music travels, carrying hope, joy, and resilience - every instrument brings connection, healing, and the power of sound.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This week in Palestine, the children in our project came together to write and rehearse their very own piece of music, and we got a sneak peek into their beautiful process! ❤️

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Bidding in our King's Day Auction ends tonight at 23:59 CET! Have a look at what's on offer and place your bids by clicking here: airauctioneer.com/mu...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Create your dream studio while making a difference! 🎼 Bid on high-quality music gear in our auction and support Musicians Without Borders’ global peacebuilding work. 👉 Bid now: airauctioneer.com/musicians-wi...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Song of the Month: Kurr’ n’Jete - Ryqke Out of the Mitrovica Rock School, Kurr’ n’Jete are combining hip hop and live setups to forge their own style and create their own unique blend of music.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

"We could hear them outside, happy and singing" Our Welcome Notes trainers Juan, Luis, and Kai recorded a short video after one of their workshops at a reception center, where they worked with children housed at the center to create improvized music. Watch it here: youtube.com/shorts/S...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Today is the start of #MusicTherapyWeek, and to celebrate, Heba Al-Saeeda, a participant in our Jordan music as therapy training program, has reflected on her experience as a trainee. You can read her piece in full here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/04/10/r...

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Reflections From Jordan

This blog was written by Fabienne Van Eck (Regional Program Manager Middle East and Trainer) and Heba Al-Saeeda, a participant in our Jordan training program. The last year has been...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Last month, Chris Nicholson, our Program Development Manager and Regional Program Manager in Central East Africa, wrote an article for Music Teacher magazine about the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read the full piece here: www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/heal...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

"If we give up on saving the innocents, we forfeit our humanity." In this month's director's blog, Laura explains how the Vietnam war shaped her life, & how the genocide in Gaza is the latest fight against the global empire of brute military force. Read her blog here: www.musicianswithout...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Bidding for our King's Day Auction is well underway! If you want to help bring access to music to people facing war, conflict and division, while bagging yourself some top-quality music hardware and software, head over to our auction page and place your bids today: airauctioneer.com/musicians-wi...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Want to join our Music Leadership Training this June? There's only 2 weeks left to sign up! During this training week, you will learn how to run music workshops with vulnerable communities, to use music as a tool to reduce stress, and foster connection. Book your place: www.musicianswithout...

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Welcome Notes Training: Leeds, UK

Musicians Without Borders uses the power of music to connect communities, bridge divides, and heal the wounds of war and conflict.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"If you don’t want to go mad, you have to have something you can hold onto. I was holding onto my music." Ahmad, a Musicians Without Borders Workshop Leader, has spoken about the importance of making music in asylum centers & how being in touch with music helped him: youtube.com/shorts/O...

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our virtual King’s Day Auction is now live! Have a look to see what's on offer below... The auction will end at 23:59 on 26th April, which is King's Day in The Netherlands. Place your bids by visiting our auction page here: airauctioneer.com/mu...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Song of the Month: Rene Byamungu - Twa Endeleya Rene, a workshop leader and trainer in our Kivu Youth Music program in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has released this tragic and beautiful song. www.youtube.com/watc...

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RENE BYAMUNGU- Twa endeleya (clip officiel)

Musique: René Byamungu Prod video: Elisha Abumba Mixe et master : Serge Mpiana #congodemocraticrepublicofthe #congo #war #kivu #goma #bukavu #fardc #m23 #guerra

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We're looking for a freelancer! We're looking for a freelance Content and Digital Creator to support our work and help us reach new audiences online. The ideal candidate will have experience using editing software such as Adobe Suite, and have proven success in social media growth.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Meet Nariman, a student in our Al-Musiqa Tajm'ana project in Bethlehem in Palestine’s occupied West Bank. Nariman has spoken about what the program means to her, why she chose to learn the qanun, and why music is so important. www.youtube.com/shor...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Last week the Music Connects team converged once again in Mitrovica for a training week, bringing together Mitrovica Rock School students from both sides of the city, as well as a new cohort of trainers from Rockacademie from Tilburg, Netherlands.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

For International Women's Day 2025, Amanda, who is a student at the Roma Rock school, has written an incredibly powerful blog about the struggle for women's rights and her wishes for the women of the world. Read her blog in full here: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2025/03/08/i...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

We've released a statement on the alarming cuts to international aid spending from many Western countries, which you can read on our website: www.musicianswithout... We stand for international equity and against these cuts, which will lead to reduced survival chances and end lives.

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Musicians Without Borders Statement on International Aid Cuts

These cuts are beyond dangerous – they will destroy survival chances and end lives. Across the western world, we are seeing a disastrous decline in government spending on international aid....

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Ever wanted to be learn how we do what we do? Well now is your chance! Between June 9 and 13, we will be holding another week of Welcome Notes Training at Leeds Beckett University.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"The idea of basically bringing conservatory students into contact with a completely different community musically and socially, I think it sensitizes both communities to each other." We spoke to Alkistis Μisouli, a Jazz Viola player and CvA alumni who attended our sessions www.musicianswithout...

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Welcome Notes NL: Interview with Alkistis Misouli

Musicians Without Borders uses the power of music to connect communities, bridge divides, and heal the wounds of war and conflict.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

We are thrilled to welcome the Ana Sowti choir to our Al-Musiqa Tajm'ana program in Jordan in 2025! Ana Sowti has been a treasured project of our partner, Tajalla for Music and Arts, for a while now, and we are thrilled to be co-hosting the choir with them this year.

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Join us in the UK this Summer! We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with @leedsbeckett.bsky.social again this year, to produce another edition of our Welcome Notes Training! Find full details and registration on our website: www.musicianswithoutborders.org/event/welcom...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Our director Laura Hassler has written a new blog reflecting on the sad story of Hind Rajab, a young victim of the genocide in Gaza. While we mourn the loss of Hind and so many like her, there is still hope. Through music, we can find healing and make the world take notice of what has been lost

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Wow! What can we say? The Nederlands Blazers Ensemble concert series was an incredible experience! We want to thank them for their hard work in organising everything and allowing our trainer Ahmad to join them on their tour! 💙

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The process of grieving what has been lost in Gaza is immense. We do what we can through music. The following is a message and piece of music from Fabienne van Eck, created in response to the portrait paintings of Maram Ali. www.youtube.com/shor...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our trainer and activity leader Otto de Jong was in Rotterdam today, to work with Music Education students at Codarts. During his masterclass, Otto introduced first year students to the MWB methodology, and a practical insight into how we use music with refugees in our Welcome Notes program!

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Never miss an update from us! Sign up to our email newsletter and have good news delivered straight to your inbox. Our 2025 plans are fully underway, so if you want to stay in the loop about how we're bringing music to communities around the world, join our mailing list: mc.musicianswithoutb...

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We're excited to be part of the Nederlands Wind Ensemble (NBE) concert series, The Ultimate New Years Concert! For the first time, the NBE takes this show on tour along with Ahmad Naffory, a musician, visual artist, and MWB workshop leader from Syria Grab your tickets here: ow.ly/l3IM50UQcHr

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Musicians Without Borders @mwb-ngo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hello BlueSky! We're excited to be here :) We are Musicians Without Borders, a charity based in Amsterdam who use the power of music to help people affected by war, division, and displacement. For those who want to learn more, you can read our 2025 Annual Plan here: ow.ly/h27050UCpzZ 🕊️

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