Watch The Video for ‘He Was Alone’ (A Refugee Boys Story)
A message from Yusuf / Cat Stevens:
“While the world faces incomprehensible numbers and statistics created by the refugee crisis the tragedy and story of a single soul gets missed.
It was difficult to stand by just watching this tragedy without trying to do something. I simply decided to help humanize the narrative and lend my voice to the call for keeping hearts and doors open to every refugee, especially youngsters, who have lost what future they might have once hoped for.”
Yusuf wrote ‘He Was Alone’ to tell the story of just one young refugee. A story that is tragically being repeated right now for so many other children. Please share online using #YouAreNotAlone, so that we can give these unseen children a voice.
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