For months everybody has been working toward this. We had hundreds of meetings, rehearsals and repetitions. And thousands and thousands of phone calls. And the result was there!
  Ten thousand old and new Friends of War Child in Holland.
 Great artists, whom all have performed free of charge.
A lot of and intriguing, hopeful and shattering movies, and clips and many very moving moments
Unique musical combinations
And above all, a great atmosphere!
Because this is, above all, what the Friends for War Child concert 2005 wanted to achieve: 'PEOPLE BUILDING PEACE!'
‘People Building Peace’ - Theme of the evening:
The concert’s theme ‘People Building Peace’ brings the message that EVERYBODY can contribute to peace anywhere on earth! The theme was brought forward in many different ways during the concert. Peace does not start on a peace of paper, it is not a document between world leaders. Real Peace starts with yourself. In your heart! And this is exactly what we did during the concert. It was unforgettable!
Israel en Palestine together on Friends stage
 We were very impressed by the presence of Noah and Meliss; the two directors of War Child’s partner NGO’s in Israel and Palestine. Noah (53) comes from Palestine and spent fifteen years of his life in prison. Now he runs an organisation for young people. This evening he went on stage together with Meliss from Peace Child in Israel. Together the stood, together they brought us a Message of Peace.
Noah told us how special it was that a country so far away from his own, spent time, effort, money and attention to invest in Peace, also in his own country. Meliss was thankful for the friendship she could have with Noah. In their countries it is unfortunately still the case that people hate each other just because of their ethnic backgrounds. These are two very strong people, who in our eyes are the Real Hero’s. They have built their lives around a strong longing for peace. Together with War Child Holland they are helping children who have never known the feeling of Peace.
Photo Gallery
View the pictures by Loe Beerens of the Friends for War Child concert 2005.
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Many artists and special musical combinations
The musical part of the evening was incredible:
- Lange Frans and Baas B., with their fantastic new hit record "Het Land Van",
- A dazzling performance by Relax (with Boris),
- Krezips explosive show
- Trijntje Oosterhuis and Edsilia Rombley who together brought John Lennon’s emotional 'Imagine'
- Tasha's World sang the stars from heaven,
- Ninthe surprised us with her beautiful voice during her guestperformance with Colombia te Canto
- The Sheer ignited while they performed a remake of the song ‘WAR’ together with Lange Frans and Baas B.
- Guus Meeuwis made the whole stadium sing along with Geef mij je Angst, but also performed a special version of Elvis’ In the Ghetto.
- And of course there was Marco Borsato who sang a beautiful duet with Tasha’s World with the song Vlinder.
- Further there were off course Fernando Lameirinhas together with Jacqueline of Krezip; Alberto Caicedo made the entire Ahoy’ stadium dance the salsa together with Colombia de Canto; the great drum battle with Circle Percussion; and the great humor of Mike Boddé and Thomas van Luyn.
- And the energetic final song: Bob Marley’s One Love; in which all participating artists climbed the center stage andf all sang together.
War Child would like to thank:
All our Friends of War Child. War Child would like to thank everybody who spent so much free time and effort to make this evening possible. From stadium security to the catering, from the light show to all the artists, bands, crews, and the ticket service, everything (!) was sponsored free of charge! It is because of this support from all these companies and individuals that War Child can work for the peaceful future for children of now, not only now but also in the future!
Special thanks:
The Friends concert was also made possible thanks to our main sponsors:
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