Journey of a Dream
A Visual Echo Production
Conceived and Directed by Irina Kruzhilina
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In association with Peace Child International
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October 2020
Journey of a Dream, produced by Visual Echo in partnership with Peace Child International, is an intergenerational global project which gathered youth from all around the world to express their dreams and obstacles in a series of online workshops. It takes the audience on a journey, from the birth of a young person’s dream, to its present expression, and hopefully its future realization.
It was created as part of the UN75’s live-streamed event to mark UN Day and the UN’s 75th Anniversary, on October 24th, 2020, with the goal to connect UN representatives and audiences to the aspirations of youth. The series of online workshops led to creation of dreams postcards which were sent to the UN officials, with the intent to establish a connection between individual youth and individual UN representatives. By holding the wishes of these young people in their hands, adults become co-responsible for sharing their wishes with the world, empowering them to help make these wishes come true.
It is our hope to make the voices of youth guide us in the world and into the future. Journey of a Dream invites us to listen to the voices of young people and to trust their wisdom. We invite you participate in this mission. If you belong to a civic, governmental or municipal organization that would like to participate by responding to the global aspirations of young people, please contact me.
"You get to speak and communicate with students around your age all over the world which is a really special opportunity that we don't often get"
-Jackson Wei – China
“It was my first big conversation in English”
-Patrick Bigirimana – Rwanda
“Being given a platform to actually talk about problems that you see in your day-to-day life where normally you wouldn't really be able to do anything”
-Lily Sauran – Australia
“I feel more empowered”
-Astra Milne – Australia
“People would be saying, wow, they really took their future into their own hands”
-Zoia Kroujiline – Switzerland
“By doing this I feel like I've done something to help it”
-Lily Sauran – Australia
“Today I feel sad because we are going to finish this workshop”
-Patrick Bigirimana – Rwanda
Credits
Producer
Thijs Beuming
Editor
Patricio Suarez
Assistant Editor
Donald Rayne Mitchell
Animation
Lauren Weiner
Creative Associate
Jared Mezzocchi
In collaboration with VidCo
Featuring
Arjun Kshirsagar – India
Ashley Valentim Jesus – Portugal
Astra Milne – Australia
Camila Valderrama Santa Cruz – Peru
Carine Ishimwe – Rwanda
Charlie Cui – China
Divit H. J. – India
Dominika Noreyn Nobria – the Philippines
Jackson Wei – China
Juana Abbate – Argentina
Lena Saito – Japan
Lily Sauran – Australia
Myles Buchanan – United Kingdom
Patrick Bigirimana – Rwanda
Binh Nguyen – Vietnam
Rafat – Yemen
Riley Dunham – USA
Safia Wells – USA
Shanaya Becker Abigail – Suriname
Tisa Gudzulic – Slovenia
Zinira Izmir – Singapore
Zoia Kroujiline – Switzerland