The project ‘People’ started with this photo by Giovanni Isolino.
“Migrant families wait to disembark from the Italian military ship “Grecale” as they arrived in the port of Pozzallo, Sicily, on July 2, 2014 two days after a rescue operation of a fishing boat by the Italian navy (Marina Militare) off the coast. Rescuers recovering the bodies of migrants left to die in the suffocating hull of an overcrowded fishing boat said today they have found 45 bodies, up from an expected toll of 30.”

Singer Helen Botman was touched by this picture. Father and son were representing all those immigrants, leaving their homes, hoping to find a safe place in Europe. She asked herself: what can I do, how can I support? As a singer she used her voice and her musical skills to raise awareness about the fact that we are all people. All unique. All the same. All people, all just people.

The proceeds of this single will be donated to Musicians without Borders, an organization that uses the power of music to bridge, heal and connect.

“You may be poor, you may only have a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope.” – Nelson Mandela