Journey of a Dream

A Visual Echo Production

Conceived and Directed by Irina Kruzhilina

In association with Peace Child International

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.

The Loop 1

"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

The Loop 2

“It was my first big conversation in English”

-Patrick Bigirimana – Rwanda

The Loop 3

“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

The Loop 4

“I feel more empowered”

-Astra Milne – Australia

The Loop 4

“People would be saying, wow, they really took their future into their own hands”

-Zoia Kroujiline – Switzerland

The Loop 4

“By doing this I feel like I've done something to help it”

-Lily Sauran – Australia

The Loop 4

“Today I feel sad because we are going to finish this workshop”

-Patrick Bigirimana – Rwanda

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Photos & letters sent to the UN from the children of Journey of a Dream

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