‘Thanks to Community Sponsorship’ Song

During the first European Refugee Sponsorship Convention on 26th of April 2023, Adam Labar, singer-songwriter and vice-president of the Refugees Union in Portugal (UREP) singing his song ‘Thanks to Community Sponsorship’ specially created for the Convention. As a community exercise, all participants sang the refrain together. See the lyrics below:

Community welcome gave me hope again. 
Community support brought back my dreams again. 
Nowhere to go and no future to plan,  
Thanks to community sponsorship my life is on track again.  

Thanks to the volunteers, I have a home today.  
Thanks to my new community, I have a job today. 
Thanks to the warm welcome, we have new friends again.  
Thanks to the support, we can go to school again. 

Grazie mille -Merci- to the humanitarian corridors in Italy and France. 
Vielen Dank to Germany’s New start in a team. 
Gracias to the Auzolana – a welcome in Spain. 
Thanks to community sponsorship in Ireland and UK. 
Veel dank and merci to the Belgian community sponsorship.  

We thank you for your true welcome, 
We thank you for your true solidarity.

Thanks to the volunteers I have a home today.  
Thanks to my new community, I have a job today. 
Thanks to the warm welcome we have new friends again. 
Thanks to your support we can go to school again. 

Community welcome gave me hope again. 
Community support brought back my dreams again. 
Creating links, learning from each other’s culture, solidarity together raises humanity. 
Safe pathways to Europe, and to the future - come witness diversity and democracy. 

Thanks to the volunteers, I have a home today.  
Thanks to my new community, I have a job today. 
Thanks to the warm welcome, we have new friends again.  
Thanks to your support we can go to school again.