Thank you for your support in 2012. We’re very proud of what we were able to accomplish this year with your help. Music is not just a means, but a catalyst for social change around the world, and The Voice Project played a key role in some of the most impactful examples and initiatives around the globe this year:

– The Voice Project established of the first ever centralized distribution hub for “Come Home” radio programing accessible by FM stations and broadcast partners in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan.

– With a dramatic increase in LRA defections and 89% of those returning attributing their decision to come out to FM radio and “Come Home” programing, and data from the ground confirming that music including The Voice Project’s peace and “Come Home” songs were the most welcomed and popular form of FM message broadcasting, we have a remarkable and historic example of music quite literally and effectively working towards ending a war.

– The Voice Project was the NGO which coordinated and administered the international donation efforts to support Pussy Riot in their fight for human rights and freedom of expression in Russia.

– We sponsored our first Voice Project ambassador, Ariana Delawari in her award winning efforts using music and film to create positive social change in Afghanistan (and played the first ever all girls rock concert in Kabul!).

The world is reawakening to the power and possibilities of art, and music in particular as agents of social change, and with your help we’re going to help lead and amplify even more of these of efforts around globe in 2013.