, a musician, teacher and conductor who created The Dream Orchestra to help refugee children and teenagers forge connections in their host country. This is a story about the power of music to bring people together, to open our hearts and to believe in the possibility of a better future.

To find out more:

Website: https://dreamorchestra.se/

Go-Fund-Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ron-davis-alvarez-dream-orchestra
Video: https://youtu.be/7i63Kqulb-w?si=arT6lbJ4iXH2EdUZ

CNN Heroes: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/16/world/his-love-of-music-is-helping-refugees-and-immigrants-build-new-lives?cid=ios_app

About Hope Is A Verb

Hosts: Angus Hervey and Amy Davoren-Rose

Sound Design: Anthony Badolato, Ai3 - Audio & Voice

1d:T4f1,Depending on where you get your news, 2024 probably sounded like a complete disaster. And while a lot of terrible things happened, not everything that happened in the world was terrible. From breakthrough treatments for HIV and obesity, to the rise in global happiness and the decline in deforestation in the Amazon – there were a lot of bright glimmers of progress that you just didn’t hear about. Go to our website to read the full list of our 86 Stories of Progress from 2024. Other topics discussed: our word of the year (hint – it’s not "brain rot"); the surprising news about global reproductive rights; the good news for obesity; how 90 million kids got fed at school; the medical breakthrough of 2024; LGBTQ+ victories in Thailand & Greece; China’s 3000 kilometre green wall; the hidden stories of hope in Gaza and Ukraine; why 2025 is going to be a big year in the Amazon; how the clean energy transit

Ron Davis Alvarez - The Dream Orchestra