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I don’t know about you, but my feeds are filled with news releases, political controversy, and opinions… And as I’ve been watching all these things come through my feed, I can’t help but think that no matter what our differences may be, whether they’re political, governmental, race, culture, religion or gender.. beneath it all, we’re all just humans, and we all hurt, and sometimes, we all feel a little broken. That’s the message I hope to share during this time with so much controversy. To just remind ourselves to see people as people:)

Original Song "Broken" Co-written by Nadia Khristean & Travis Edwards ©NadiaKhristeanMusic2016

If you like seeing music videos like this, that are created for causes, you can join our journey and support these videos! Patreon is such an incredible way to get involved in our journey together to help make a difference in this world. Go ahead, take a peek at how it works:)

https://www.patreon.com/nadiakhristean

This project has been months in the making, literally months. And I have so many to thank for so much support and help along the way:

Big Thanks to Refugee Action Network for all their support and help through many of these projects. We are so grateful for their support and they are doing some incredible things. Definitely worth checking out:

http://www.refugeeactionnetwork.org

Huge Thanks to Mariama Kallon for her willingness to share her story, and she is a Public Speaker! Absolutely incredible at inspiring thousands all across the nation through her story. You can follow her journey here:

https://www.facebook.com/mariama.kallon.5

Huge Thanks to Shaun Barrowes for joining in on the project! If you haven’t heard of him, you’re totally missing out! Such an incredible artist with so much talent in every bone! Show him some love here!:

https://www.facebook.com/shaunbarrowes/?pnref=lhc

And big thanks to Amazing Becky Willard for all her magic inside the studio! Love working with her, she’s amazing!!

http://www.voxfoxstudios.com

Big Thanks to a few Videographers for all their work! So much talent behind all of these guys, I’m so grateful for them!!

Bryce Johnson at Go Big Films: http://gobigfilms.com
Nick Sales at Aevium Films: https://www.facebook.com/Aevium-Films-1725124137725926/
Taylor Galbraith: https://www.facebook.com/taylorcgalbraith

And of course, big thanks to my good friend Travis Edwards for co-writing this song with me! Such a talented guy! And Big thanks to Ron Saltmarsh for making us write a song for our Songwriting Class! Who knew that a school assignment would turn out to be something we’d want to share with the world!

Oh! And you can join my journey in so many different ways! I'm posting stories, mini-vlogs, music videos, live streaming and public speaking all the time! So let's be friends and go change the world together:) Join the journey (links are at the bottom) :)

Youtuber Writes Devastatingly Beautiful Song for Refugees


Provo, Utah - Nadia Khristean and Shaun Barrowes debut a spectacular performance of the original song Broken. Close to 170 of BYU’s Women’s Chorus performers participated in the videos, in song, and in service by donating thousands of items to the refugees.

Also featured in the video is Mariama Kallon, a refugee who left her war-torn country of Sierra Leone in the 90s. She had heard her parents’ cries for help and the shots that killed them. Her older sister saved her from being killed by keeping her from turning back as they escaped the rebels. Torture and murder were their everyday reality.

As a refugee, Mariama said, "Living in a war situation you have the hope for nothing because you know one day, your time will come." Much like Mariama, the millions of refugees fleeing Iraq, Syria, Iran, and other countries embroiled in the Middle East conflict are in the situation she was in two decades ago.

Of the tens of millions of people fleeing the Middle East, half of them are children. With the rest of the world, singer and YouTube star Nadia Khristean watched them on the news travel in throngs, with just the clothes on their back, to makeshift shelters, many left to sleep on the wilderness floor.

Broken is the second YouTube music video Nadia produced in a series dedicated to helping the refugees. She and her co-writer Travis Edwards had just finished writing the song when the refugee crisis came to her attention. Nadia immediately enlisted the help of the BYU Women’s Chorus to both sing with her and collect supplies for the refugees. Hundreds teamed with the Refugee Action Network in her area for the cause, collecting clothes and hygiene materials.

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