0001 01:00:47:17 01:00:51:19

 

 

01:00:47:17 01:00:51:19

There is a song I like to sing

to remember my mother.

 

01:00:52:13 01:00:55:08

It was her favourite song.

 

01:00:56:15 01:01:02:18

I try to sing it so that

I never forget her in my life.

 

01:01:03:22 01:01:13:06

SING: I've been around the world many times

 

01:01:13:08 01:01:20:10

SING: With my feet and my mind

 

01:01:20:12 01:01:32:17

SING: Now I want to be over there

 

01:01:32:19 01:01:42:00

SING: In the place where I will rest

 

01:01:50:07      01:01:58:10

TEXT: We Are Together

(Thina Simunye)

 

01:02:02:02      01:02:06:19

TEXT: KwaZulu Natal

South Africa

 

01:02:25:04 01:02:27:04

Time to wake up.

 

01:02:58:16 01:03:03:11

My name is Slindile Moya. I'm 12.

 

01:03:03:13 01:03:09:00

I live with 25 other children

in a home called Agape.

 

01:03:18:21 01:03:22:12

Mtho, what are you doing there?

 

01:03:22:19 01:03:25:00

I'm sleeping here.

 

01:03:28:15 01:03:30:22

Where did you sleep?

 

01:03:30:24 01:03:32:21

Here.

 

01:03:32:03      01:03:33:01

IN ENGLISH: Is this your bed?

 

01:03:34:20      01:03:35:19

IN ENGLISH: Its mine!

 

01:03:37:17      01:03:39:02

IN ENGLISH: No its mine.

 

01:03:39:24 01:03:42:02

Mtho, were you scared?

 

01:03:43:04 01:03:45:12

Tell him there is no ghost.

 

01:03:46:05 01:03:48:13

But there is a ghost in his bed.

 

01:03:48:15 01:03:50:00

That's a lie!

 

01:03:50:02 01:03:53:01

Don't worry, there's no ghost in your bed!

 

01:04:00:07 01:04:05:13

I've been living at Agape for four years

with three of my sisters

 

01:04:05:15 01:04:08:04

and my little brother, Mtho.

 

01:04:08:22 01:04:11:07

Hey, Sakhile!

 

01:04:13:19 01:04:16:11

Bring me my jacket.

 

01:04:16:13 01:04:19:12

My uncle with the bald head.

 

01:04:59:19 01:05:02:04

It's a place where children live.

 

01:05:02:20 01:05:05:15

For beautiful children!

 

01:05:06:11 01:05:11:03

OK, it's a place for children where...

 

01:05:11:19 01:05:13:14

Oh, no.

 

01:05:14:07 01:05:19:09

It's a place for children

who don't have parents.

 

01:05:34:20 01:05:38:07

God bless our food. Amen.

 

01:05:38:12      01:05:42:17

IN ENGLISH: Most of the children, here at Agape, lost their parents to AIDS.

 

01:05:42:17      01:05:48:15

IN ENGLISH: The reason why I started Agape was to give these children a home.

 

01:05:51:18      01:05:53:16

IN ENGLISH: Why Agape is Agape? Its love.

 

01:05:53:16      01:05:58:24

IN ENGLISH: Because the word Agape is a Greek word meaning God’s love.

 

01:05:58:24      01:06:05:09

IN ENGLISH: God’s unconditional love. At Agape we have unconditional love.

 

01:06:08:18

IN ENGLISH: Agape’s ambition is to see every orphan or child in distress, going to school. Because education liberates.

IN ENGLISH: and two, every child should eat. Three, every child should be clothed.

IN ENGLISH: Because those are the things that make the child happy

 

01:06:36:20 01:06:39:13

I'm going to school.

 

01:06:44:13 01:06:49:20

What do kids at school say about Agape?

 

01:06:55:11 01:06:57:06

They say...

 

01:06:57:08 01:07:01:21

Some kids don't know

what kind of place Agape is.

 

01:07:01:23 01:07:04:16

Some of them do ask me about Agape,

 

01:07:04:18 01:07:08:17

and I tell them

it's a place where kids stay.

 

01:07:10:12 01:07:13:14

When other kids talk, they say:

 

01:07:13:16 01:07:18:00

"In Agape, there are kids that are singers."

 

01:07:51:21 01:07:55:12

We sing every day

when we get back from school.

 

01:07:56:18 01:08:02:05

Thembelani is our singing teacher

and comes to help us sing better.

 

01:08:25:09 01:08:28:06

I love singing with my sister Swa.

 

01:08:29:07 01:08:31:24

It reminds me of our home.

 

01:08:32:01 01:08:35:14

That was where we learnt to sing.

 

01:08:44:10 01:08:47:24

Look at Mtho's feet, they're dirty!

 

 

01:08:48:01 01:08:50:22

He's got feet like a little monkey!

 

01:09:00:08 01:09:06:09

We like to go and visit our older brothers

and sisters who still live at our family home.

 

01:09:07:13 01:09:10:18

Mtho, where are you going?

 

01:09:18:10 01:09:21:06

Hey, Big Man! How are you?

 

01:09:23:03 01:09:25:07

Kiss me, then!

 

01:09:30:10 01:09:33:03

You're as tall as me now!

 

01:09:34:01 01:09:37:16

There's no difference. We're twins!

 

01:09:45:15 01:09:47:21

You've come to see me?

 

01:09:47:23 01:09:50:00

That makes me feel better.

 

01:09:51:00 01:09:52:20

Where's the boy?

 

01:09:52:22 01:09:54:17

He's there.

 

01:09:55:21 01:09:57:16

Oh, hey, Big Man.

 

01:09:57:18 01:10:00:23

- How are you, my brother?

- I'm fine.

 

01:10:09:01 01:10:11:19

My brother Sifiso is sick.

 

01:10:12:13 01:10:15:18

He is resting until he gets better.

 

01:10:24:17 01:10:27:08

Look, Mtho drinks tea now!

 

01:10:36:16 01:10:40:14

My name is Philisiwe Moya. I'm 22.

 

01:10:40:16 01:10:44:06

I'm one of Slindile's older sisters.

 

01:10:48:04 01:10:53:03

After Mum and Dad passed away,

we had to take the younger ones to Agape

 

 

01:10:53:05 01:10:58:03

because we couldn't afford

to take them to school or buy them food.

 

01:10:58:05 01:11:01:21

Now our family is split in two.

 

01:11:06:16 01:11:11:08

My wish in life is that I can find a job,

 

01:11:11:10 01:11:16:17

so that when Slindile and the others come to visit

they find the home looking nice,

 

01:11:16:19 01:11:20:06

the way it was

when Mum and Dad were still around.

 

01:11:43:00 01:11:45:16

What year was your mother buried?

 

01:11:46:10 01:11:48:10

In the year 2000.

 

01:11:50:08 01:11:53:02

How old were you?

 

01:11:53:04 01:11:55:01

I was nine.

 

01:11:56:17 01:11:59:13

Slindile was badly affected

when Mum passed away,

 

01:11:59:15 01:12:04:17

and she gets very upset when

something bad happens here at home.

 

01:12:05:08 01:12:11:10

When Mum passed away,

Slindile was just in grade 2,

 

01:12:12:03 01:12:16:17

and she failed at school when Mum died.

It was June.

 

01:12:16:19 01:12:20:14

She didn't want to go to school

 

01:12:20:16 01:12:24:12

and was acting very strangely.

 

01:12:35:18 01:12:39:21

I didn't believe that

I'd never see Mum again.

 

01:12:39:23 01:12:43:05

Is that why you didn't want to go to school?

 

01:12:46:07 01:12:49:19

I told myself that...

 

01:12:50:24 01:12:54:14

that maybe I would...

that she hadn't passed away.

 

01:12:54:16 01:12:56:24

I didn't believe anything.

 

01:12:57:19 01:13:01:00

I told myself that I would still see her.

 

01:13:02:03 01:13:06:18

Did you think she'd come back one day?

 

01:13:11:21      01:13:45:14

SING IN ENGLISH: We are together. We are together. We are family.

 

01:13:35:04 01:13:41:18

When we were growing up

we often went to church,

 

01:13:41:20 01:13:46:01

so we got used to singing.

It was something we grew up with.

 

01:13:46:03 01:13:51:02

We used to sit down around the fire

with our mum and just sing.

 

01:14:22:12 01:14:25:12

She has a big forehead!

 

01:14:28:06 01:14:32:20

Oh, my poor baby,

they say you have a big forehead!

 

01:14:32:22 01:14:35:00

It's like a cap!

 

01:14:40:21 01:14:42:22

Hey, Sis, it's like yours!

 

01:14:42:24 01:14:45:02

And yours!

 

01:14:45:04 01:14:47:04

Let's have a look.

 

01:14:48:19 01:14:50:17

You have it too!

 

01:14:53:17 01:14:56:19

Sister Swa looks like an old man.

 

01:14:57:23 01:15:01:04

There was an old man here

asking for you.

 

01:15:02:13 01:15:05:19

He said, "Where's that child

that looks like me?"

 

01:15:11:11 01:15:17:00

It's nice coming home because

everything here reminds me of my parents,

 

01:15:17:02 01:15:22:03

like the big tree they planted in front of

the house to make it look beautiful.

 

01:16:15:23 01:16:21:10

Agape, we are known for our singing

 

01:16:26:16 01:16:30:24

We're rehearsing hard

because we've been invited to England

 

01:16:31:01 01:16:35:05

to raise money and make Agape bigger.

 

01:16:37:09      01:16:42:15

IN ENGLISH: The number of orphans here, is a big, big problem

 

01:16:42:15      01:16:44:18

IN ENGLISH: Its increasing everyday.

 

01:16:46:15      01:16:49:17

IN ENGLISH: the space here at Agape is very much limited

 

01:16:50:23      01:16:57:22

IN ENGLISH: That is why the children will be going to England to sing and raise money to expand

 

01:17:02:10      01:17:07:24

IN ENGLISH: The children are very much excited and what excites them most is that everybody’s going

 

01:17:08:11      01:17:13:05

IN ENGLISH : I have not one that will be left, its only myself who will be left

 

01:17:16:03      01:17:21:13

SING IN ENGLISH: Follow Follow Follow, Follow a leader.

 

01:17:21:13      01:17:27:24

SING IN ENGLISH: I shake I shake I shake, I shake as a leader

 

01:17:29:20 01:17:34:08

In the play,

we want to show life here at Agape.

 

01:17:34:10 01:17:39:20

We want to see children

coming to eat food.

 

01:17:40:03      01:17:41:10

IN ENGLISH: Right?

 

01:17:42:05 01:17:45:11

People will be seen holding their plates

 

01:17:45:13 01:17:48:17

as if you are going to eat

at lunch time or breakfast.

 

01:17:48:19 01:17:52:24

- Is there real food?

- There's no food! We're acting here!

 

01:18:00:10 01:18:04:14

We're going to show people

what life is like at Agape.

 

01:18:05:17 01:18:09:23

Manu is helping us

rehearse our play about Agape.

 

01:18:36:16 01:18:39:14

I need to ask you

what you already know about England.

 

01:18:39:16 01:18:42:09

What have you heard about it?

 

01:18:42:11 01:18:44:22

Does anyone know?

 

01:18:45:05 01:18:47:00

OK, Nasi?

 

01:18:47:02 01:18:50:24

They say there are places

where you can travel underground.

 

01:18:53:06 01:18:56:01

Called "tubes".

 

01:18:57:20      01:18:59:20

IN ENGLISH: underground trains

 

01:19:00:00      01:19:00:19

IN ENGLISH: OK

 

01:19:00:24 01:19:04:08

I heard there were no monkeys!

 

01:19:03:07      01:19:05:03

IN ENGLISH: There are no monkeys I hear.

 

01:19:05:12      01:19:09:01

IN ENGLISH: There’s no monkeys in England. Not in the wild anyway.

 

01:19:08:01 01:19:10:04

Yes, Mbali?

 

01:19:11:15 01:19:17:09

They say we will get nice food

on the plane!

 

01:19:21:23      01:19:25:24

SING IN ENGLISH: Oh Happy Day

 

01:19:25:22      01:19:27:18

ENGLISH: Oh come on guys, guys, guys, guys, please

 

01:19:27:18      01:19:31:00

ENGLISH: This is the last song of the show, last song of the whole show

 

01:19:31:24 01:19:36:06

Kathryn has come from England

to help us.

 

01:19:36:08 01:19:39:18

She is teaching us a new song.

 

01:19:50:06      01:19:51:04

ENGLISH: who knows this song?

 

01:19:55:22      01:19:57:20

ENGLISH: Ok lets give this little boy a chance

 

01;20:19:07      01:20:20:06

ENGLISH: Do you hate this song?

 

01:20:21:09 01:20:23:16

No, we like it.

 

01:20:23:18 01:20:26:15

No, try us all.

 

01:20:25:13      01:20:27:03

ENGLISH: Alright, I’m going to try everybody

 

01:20:27:05 01:20:29:07

OK, try it then, sister.

 

01:21:35:12      01:21:37:09

ENGLISH: Mtho, are your sisters in there?

 

01:21:38:11      01:21:39:10

ENGLISH: Which ones?

 

01:21:39:14 01:21:42:10

Slindile and Peaceful

 

01:21:42:12 01:21:45:09

and Swaphiwe and Snethemba.

 

01:21:46:15      01:21:46:24

ENGLISH: What are they doing?

 

01:21:47:24      01:21:48:13

ENGLISH: Singing

 

01:21:49:15      01:21:50:02

ENGLISH: They’re singing?

 

01:21:50:02      01:21:50:15

ENGLISH: Yes!

 

01:21:51:00 01:21:55:20

How will you feel leaving Mtho behind

when you go to England?

 

 

01:21:56:22 01:22:00:11

We will feel bad.

 

01:22:02:13 01:22:05:01

Why?

 

01:22:05:03 01:22:11:15

He is our brother and should come

because he can speak English!

 

01:22:13:14      01:22:16:17

ENGLISH: Mtho will you miss them? Will you miss Slindile?

 

01:22:17:14      01:22:18:04

ENGLISH: No!

 

01:22:30:24 01:22:33:11

Sit down.

 

01:22:36:04 01:22:39:04

Don't suck your thumb!

 

01:23:37:11 01:23:41:22

I can't wait until we sing

in front of a big crowd,

 

01:23:41:24 01:23:45:20

and then lots of people will hear our songs.

 

01:24:16:22 01:24:19:17

Nonkululeko is my name.

 

01:24:19:19 01:24:22:16

Moya is my surname.

 

01:24:22:18 01:24:24:24

My English name is Wendy.

 

01:24:25:01 01:24:27:06

I'm a part of this family.

 

01:24:27:08 01:24:31:01

I'm the third one of the children.

 

01:24:33:20 01:24:36:22

And then the rest follow.

 

01:24:39:24 01:24:43:06

I am the only one in this house

who has a job.

 

01:24:43:08 01:24:47:04

And it worries me, because

I don't earn enough to look after everyone.

 

01:24:59:14 01:25:02:19

Sifiso is my brother. I come after him.

 

 

 

 

01:25:03:09 01:25:06:13

He's a person who...

 

01:25:07:16 01:25:09:16

What can I say?

 

01:25:10:23 01:25:13:17

He's not well. He's ill.

 

01:25:13:19 01:25:16:10

But he wasn't always like this.

 

01:25:16:12 01:25:19:18

After Dad passed away

he got much worse

 

01:25:19:20 01:25:22:21

and now he has become very ill.

 

01:25:24:21 01:25:26:14

Just...

 

01:25:26:16 01:25:29:17

He wasn't the type of person that got sick.

 

01:25:29:19 01:25:32:23

It's just started now.

 

01:25:34:07 01:25:38:10

Does it ever cross your mind

that your brother might have AIDS?

 

01:25:39:20 01:25:42:12

Yeah, I sometimes think of that

 

01:25:42:14 01:25:46:21

because it is usually the cause

when somebody is ill.

 

01:25:51:24 01:25:54:17

I'm happy to finally be going to the hospice

 

01:25:54:19 01:25:58:24

because it's something

I have been wishing to do for a while.

 

01:25:59:01 01:26:02:24

The doctors will be able to see

what sort of sickness I have.

 

01:26:11:16 01:26:13:12

It makes me feel better

 

01:26:13:14 01:26:18:13

because maybe if he goes to the hospital

he will get better.

 

01:26:18:15 01:26:21:05

He won't get better sitting here at home.

 

 

01:26:21:07 01:26:25:13

My sisters are working

and can't always be here for him.

 

01:26:41:22      01:26:56:19

SING IN ENGLISH: We are together. We are together. We are family…

 

01:28:19:01 01:28:21:08

Please lift your armpit for me.

 

01:28:33:20 01:28:39:23

I feel better because

I feel like he's going to get help

 

01:28:40:00 01:28:44:14

that we couldn't give him at home.

 

01:28:45:21 01:28:48:23

It will be painful leaving him behind

 

01:28:49:00 01:28:51:21

when we all leave without him,

 

01:28:51:23 01:28:56:04

but there is nothing we can do

because he needs help.

 

01:29:14:01 01:29:16:16

You came with the whole family?

 

01:30:25:16 01:30:29:02

Are we going to the centre?

 

01:30:45:03 01:30:49:02

We've just arrived and you're crying?

Why, Mtho?

 

01:31:12:14 01:31:14:14

I want to go home.

 

01:31:19:17 01:31:22:23

I'll pick you up again soon, OK?

 

01:31:24:18 01:31:27:04

Don't cry then.

 

01:31:29:15 01:31:34:04

I want to go to our house.

 

01:31:55:15      01:32:19:20

SING IN ENGLISH: My Lord what a morning.

 

01:32:20:06      01:32:28:12

SING IN ENGLISH: When the stars begin to fall.

 

01:32:56:01 01:32:58:22

Come on, guys, wake up!

 

01:33:05:20 01:33:07:19

Wake up!

 

01:33:07:21 01:33:10:09

Wake up, little devils!

 

01:33:26:00 01:33:28:10

OK, Mbali.

 

01:33:28:12 01:33:31:10

One, two, three, start.

 

01:33:33:03 01:33:35:13

Mbali?

 

01:33:41:15 01:33:43:15

Quiet, guys!

 

01:33:44:02 01:33:45:15

OK, Mbali.

 

01:33:56:21 01:33:59:09

I have seven years old.

 

01:34:01:14 01:34:03:19

What's your name?

 

01:34:04:08 01:34:06:18

Mbali.

 

01:34:09:08 01:34:12:10

Do you know what it means in English?

 

01:34:14:04 01:34:15:15

Flower!

 

01:35:05:13 01:35:09:20

Everyone give Mbali a round of applause.

 

01:35:12:13 01:35:14:19

Nice, Mbali!

 

01:35:15:17 01:35:19:06

Mbali, why do you live at Agape?

 

01:35:19:23 01:35:23:13

Because my mother

doesn't fetch us any more.

 

01:35:31:04 01:35:34:11

She doesn't come

to take us home any more.

 

01:35:36:04 01:35:39:02

Why doesn't she pick you up any more?

 

01:35:46:05 01:35:48:00

I don't know.

 

01:35:54:14 01:35:59:06

We're going to record in a studio.

 

01:35:59:08 01:36:02:00

Do you know what a studio is?

 

01:36:02:00      01:36:02:18

IN ENGLISH: yes

 

01:36:02:18      01:36:09:08

IN ENGLISH: Listen…you need not to make any mistakes in your songs, ok?

 

01:36:01:22      01:36:13:22

IN ENGLISH:      So everything you do it has to be tip top.

 

01:36:38:04 01:36:39:24

Come here!

 

01:36:58:14 01:37:01:05

We're going to make our own CD

 

01:37:01:07 01:37:03:13

to take with us to England.

 

01:40:28:22 01:40:31:18

Oh, finally I can catch my breath.

 

01:40:32:22 01:40:35:02

And finally sleep.

 

01:40:42:21 01:40:46:24

Ah, my pills.

 

01:40:47:01 01:40:52:01

These ones should help you

because there are lots of them.

 

01:40:52:03 01:40:54:12

I think they'll help the pain.

 

01:40:55:08 01:40:59:14

We asked him why

he was outside the gate.

 

01:40:59:16 01:41:02:06

He said he'd been discharged

from the hospital.

 

01:41:02:08 01:41:05:10

He said he's finished,

they had done everything.

 

01:41:05:12 01:41:09:24

He said they told him at the hospital

what was wrong with him.

 

01:41:10:01 01:41:12:03

What did he say was wrong?

 

01:41:12:05 01:41:14:05

He said he has HIV.

 

01:41:21:04 01:41:23:04

Are you cold?

 

 

01:42:12:13      01:42:13:13

IN ENGLISH: OK, OK

 

01:42:14:00      01:42:14:24

IN ENGLISH: Don’t help them.

 

01:42:22:15 01:42:22:11

IN ENGLISH: OK?

 

01:42:22:23      01:42:25:19

IN ENGLISH: She’s very young. She’s probably the youngest here.

 

01:42:28:02      01:42:27:11

IN ENGLISH: So, when she says my ear is painful, my eye or my leg…we have to give her a break. You know?

 

01:42:27:11      01:42:38:17

IN ENGLISH: She’s very young

 

01:42:39:16      01:42:44:24

IN ENGLISH: Look at her now. Look at her she’s playing. A person who has been sick

 

01:42:47:00      01;42:49:03

IN ENGLISH: You know. Look how happy she is.

 

01:42:50:21      01:42:56:18

IN ENGLISH: Sometimes I need to understand that they are kids. And they will always be kids. You cannot change that.

 

01:43:49:21 01:43:52:07

I don't know what to say.

 

01:43:58:03 01:44:02:21

Listen up, then. There's been a change

regarding your trip.

 

01:44:03:14 01:44:05:14

Do you hear?

 

01:44:06:21 01:44:09:23

It's no longer going to be

this coming month.

 

01:44:10:21 01:44:13:18

The trip has been postponed.

 

01:44:16:20 01:44:20:01

Oh, no! That means we'll never go.

 

01:44:20:03 01:44:22:22

It's been postponed. It's been postponed.

 

01:44:22:24 01:44:25:09

You may still go in December.

 

01:44:28:16 01:44:37:12

But then it could also be next year in July.

 

 

 

01:45:34:06 01:45:37:01

I think he's got it.

 

01:45:38:15 01:45:40:10

Why?

 

01:45:40:12 01:45:43:14

I see the way that he is.

 

01:46:48:12 01:46:51:16

Grandma says we shouldn't give up hope,

 

01:46:51:18 01:46:54:06

so we are still practising.

 

01:46:54:08 01:46:58:04

But it's difficult because

I'm always thinking of home.

 

01:47:43:15 01:47:45:18

It's not sung like that.

 

01:47:48:17 01:47:50:00

It's not sung like that.

 

01:47:50:02 01:47:53:02

I don't know it any more!

How does it go?

 

01:48:09:10 01:48:12:21

Then somebody

with a powerful voice sings...

 

01:48:15:21 01:48:19:06

Yeah, you remembered!

 

01:48:19:08 01:48:22:01

Sifiso remembers!

 

01:49:49:11      01:49:50:10

IN ENGLISH: Oh God…

 

01:49:51:05 01:49:53:05

Should I wipe?

 

01:50:01:05 01:50:03:05

What are you doing here?

 

01:50:04:03 01:50:05:23

Monkey!

 

01:50:15:07 01:50:18:05

Where is Phili?

 

01:50:18:07 01:50:19:21

I'm here.

 

01:50:20:13 01:50:23:09

Don't cry, OK?

 

 

01:50:28:13 01:50:32:22

Khanysile, you should go

and stop your mum from crying.

 

01:50:36:17 01:50:39:01

The child knows I'm ill.

 

01:51:02:06 01:51:04:14

You know what, Phili?

 

01:51:04:16 01:51:06:16

Don't cry for me.

 

01:51:17:08 01:51:21:08

But don't cry, OK?

 

01:51:23:14 01:51:25:10

Please don't cry.

 

01:51:26:24 01:51:31:15

Nonozi, don't shed tears,

do you hear?

 

01:51:33:03 01:51:38:21

Don't cry over me.

You are breaking my heart.

 

01:52:11:02 01:52:13:15

There is Zwai.

 

01:52:19:19 01:52:22:09

Zwai is coming here?

 

01:52:22:11 01:52:24:12

Yes, he's coming here.

 

01:52:29:13 01:52:33:01

Yes! They said we are going

to record with him.

 

01:52:41:18 01:52:44:04

Zwai is a pop star.

 

01:52:48:09 01:52:51:13

He has come to help us finish our CD.

 

01:52:51:15 01:52:55:00

Then Grandma is going to send it

to people overseas.

 

01:52:56:20      01:52:57:08

IN ENGLISH: That’s nice.

 

01:53:01:00 01:53:04:19

We have lost hope

 about children going to England.

 

01:53:05:10 01:53:08:02

But the trip was our plan A,

 

 

01:53:08:04 01:53:12:04

and our plan B now

is to finish these CDs

 

01:53:12:06 01:53:16:23

and hope that somebody somewhere

will hear it

 

01:53:17:00 01:53:19:09

and do something about the kids.

 

01:53:27:16      01:53:31:24

ENGLISH: Music, it plays a very big part in the culture of this country.

 

01:53:33:02      01:53:39:14

IN ENGLISH: We South Africans, sing before we sleep, sing before we eat.

 

01:53:40:09      01:53:45:23

IN ENGLISH: we sing when we are happy, we sing when we are celebrating, we sing when we are sad, all the time…

 

01:53:47:08      01:53:52:24

IN ENGLISH: we sing when we are travelling, we sing whenever we can.

 

01:53:54:08      01:54:01:20

IN ENGLISH: It plays a very big role to us. It’s a healing thing and not having had bands,

 

01:54:01:20      01:54:07:14

IN ENGLISH:  especially in communities such as these and where I grew up as well, in the Eastern Cape

 

01:54:07:14      01:54:14:15

IN ENGLISH: where you know, you don’t have bands, not everyone has music or stereos in their homes,

 

01:54:15:15      01:54:18:08

IN ENGLISH:  so if it calls for entertainment or it calls for something to be done by everybody,

 

01:54:19:01      01:54:24:11

IN ENGLISH: singing is the one thing that everybody can do at once. We can’t all speak at once but we can all sing at once.

 

01:54:37:10 01:54:39:05

Your hair.

 

01:54:39:21 01:54:42:04

Tell me what you did?

 

01:54:42:06 01:54:44:14

I combed it, Paul.

 

01:54:47:08 01:54:49:04

I washed my hair.

 

01:54:51:20 01:54:54:02

And I brushed it.

 

01:54:54:04 01:54:55:24

Why?

 

01:54:57:01 01:55:00:14

Because I want to make it beautiful.

 

01:55:00:16 01:55:02:12

For Zwai?

 

 

01:55:04:07 01:55:07:09

So I'm going to sing with you on this song.

 

01:55:09:21 01:55:12:18

So you will start with...

 

01:55:29:00      01:55:30:22

IN ENGLISH: Nice voice! Yeah!

 

01:55:34:12      01:55:35:08

IN ENGLISH: Nice.

 

01:58:24:22      01:58:31:08

IN ENGLISH: Brilliant! Much better huh? Very, very, very, very nice!

 

01:59:42:16 01:59:46:13

We have to remember

we're not the only ones going through this.

 

01:59:46:15 01:59:51:17

There are many people.

 

01:59:51:19 01:59:54:24

He said we should not cry for him,

 

01:59:55:01 01:59:57:11

just bury him.

 

02:00:33:12 02:00:35:15

You see, the water is nice.

 

02:00:43:01 02:00:45:00

She's drinking the water.

 

02:01:00:17 02:01:03:20

Now she doesn't want to get out!

 

02:01:03:22 02:01:06:05

Time to get out!

 

02:01:06:07 02:01:09:07

Look at the way she's looking at you!

 

02:01:14:13 02:01:17:03

It's time to get out now!

 

02:01:27:13 02:01:31:21

Sifiso, you'll come back home again later.

 

02:01:50:13 02:01:56:08

I woke up this morning as usual

to wash him.

 

 

02:01:57:10 02:02:01:19

I tried to help him sit up to wash.

 

02:02:01:21 02:02:05:14

He said I shouldn't sit him up

and I must not cry for him.

 

02:02:05:16 02:02:08:21

He just wants to rest.

 

02:02:09:15 02:02:13:15

I asked him, "How are you going to rest

if you don't have a wash?"

 

02:02:13:17 02:02:16:19

Because I'm used to him saying that.

 

02:02:16:21 02:02:23:03

When I asked him this time,

he said, "You'll see how I rest."

 

02:02:23:15 02:02:27:01

I tried to help him sleep,

 

02:02:27:03 02:02:33:04

but he called me

and asked me to hold his hand. I held it.

 

02:02:33:06 02:02:37:06

That's when he took his last breath.

 

02:03:42:06 02:03:45:05

I saw that he was very ill,

 

02:03:49:00 02:03:52:12

but I really didn't expect him to pass away.

 

02:03:52:14 02:03:57:19

He was very ill, but it was just something

I didn't believe yet.

 

02:04:48:16 02:04:52:21

Sleep, our conqueror, and rest

 

02:04:54:01 02:04:57:11

Sleep, you have conquered...

 

02:07:43:12      02:07: 54:00

TEXT: Fire guts children’s home

 

02:07:45:15 02:07:50:23

It was a Saturday.

All the children were at home.

 

02:07:51:00 02:07:53:17

But fortunately no child was hurt.

 

02:07:54:08 02:07:57:24

But all the fire people would say

 

02:07:58:01 02:08:03:16

is that the fire started under the bed

in a faulty plug.

 

02:08:04:20 02:08:10:06

And that destroyed everything we had

in less than an hour.

 

02:08:11:02 02:08:17:00

What we had worked for for years

just went up in flames.

 

02:08:21:19 02:08:26:09

We are now living in a temporary home.

 

02:08:28:06 02:08:33:08

But it's not really big enough for all of us.

 

02:08:36:07 02:08:41:22

I'm worried this might be the end of Agape.

 

02:08:44:05 02:08:49:00

Now our hope is pinned

on the music that we're left with.

 

02:08:50:08 02:08:52:18

We have the CD now

 

02:08:53:23 02:09:01:00

and we hope that something good

is going to come from the fire.

 

02:09:20:11      02:09:24:09

TEXT: one year later

 

02:09:37:10      02:09:40:21

TEXT: New York

 

02:09:47:19 02:09:51:01

Some charities heard our CD

 

02:09:51:03 02:09:53:06

and said we sing beautifully.

 

02:09:54:22 02:09:58:04

So now we're here

to raise money for Agape.

 

02:10:00:23 02:10:06:02

What, Lele? What?

I haven't come to hit you!

 

02:10:23:24 02:10:27:03

Come and see Slindile's hair!

 

02:10:47:12      02:10:48:07

IN ENGLISH: This is the world.

 

02:10:49:19      02:10:51:03

IN ENGLISH: This is the world. This is… South Africa is here.

 

02:10:51:21      02:10:55:24

IN ENGLISH: -South Africa!

- America is here.

 

02:10:58:00      02:11:00:15

IN ENGLISH: And Africa is there. Where everyone is dying.

 

02:11:17:04      02:11:18:16

IN ENGLISH: That’s Manhattan. That’s where we’re going.

 

02:11:48:05 02:11:51:12

I'm excited because

if people here like our music

 

02:11:51:14 02:11:54:19

we might be able to rebuild our home.

 

02:12:22:24 02:12:24:19

There's Alicia.

 

02:12:28:06 02:12:32:05

- I saw a little bit of her!

- You're lying!

 

02:12:35:13 02:12:37:08

There she is!

 

02:12:40:19 02:12:43:11

Here she is. We've been waiting!

 

02:12:56:16      02:13:02:20

IN ENGLISH:I saw Alicia Keys. And I’m so excited about that!

 

 

02:13:12:19 02:13:18:02

We're going to be in a campaign to help

other children who don't have parents.

 

02:14:27:16 02:14:33:05

We're going to sing at the big concert.

 

02:14:33:07 02:14:37:05

How do you feel

about singing to a big crowd?

 

02:14:38:06      02:14:42:04

IN ENGLISH: Excited and scared.

 

02:14:54:14 02:14:59:13

I think Swa is nervous

because she's going to sing the solo.

 

02:15:03:15 02:15:08:02

I'm also nervous because

this is our big chance for Agape.

 

02:15:08:19 02:15:13:21

If we sing beautifully

we might raise enough money.

 

 

02:15:15:07      02:15:24:06

IN ENGLISH: Please give a super super warm welcome for the Agape Children and Mr. Paul Simon!

 

02:15:58:04      02:16:04:12

SING IN ENGLISH: Somebody say…hello hello hello

 

02:16:03:22      02:16:15:12

SING IN ENGLISH: -Somebody say…. Somebody cry….-why why why.

-Somebody say…somebody sing…-hello hello hello

 

 

02:16:41:20 02:16:47:11

Sometimes I don't believe it

and tell myself I must be dreaming.

 

02:16:47:13 02:16:53:06

I never thought

I'd ever get to go to New York

 

02:16:53:08 02:16:57:18

and see Alicia Keys or Paul Simon!

 

02:17:42:03      02:17:49:15

IN ENGLISH: The Children of Agape ladies and gentlemen and Mr. Paul Simon!

 

02:18:31:06      02:18:49:01

SING IN ENGLISH: We are together. We are together. We are family

 

 

02:18:54:19  02:19:02:00      

IN ENGLISH: ah, a lot has been happening at Agape. It’s all smiles

 

02:19:09:17  02:19:17:07

IN ENGLISH: We’ve been struggling about accommodation. The children had not got enough sleeping space.

 

02:19:17:10  02:19:25:03

IN ENGLISH: Now there’ll be much more room at Agape and we’ll be able to look after more children.

 

02:19:29:23  02:19:35:13      

IN ENGLISH: I am proud of them. They are also proud of themselves and of the centre.

 

02:19:45:11 02:19:50:06

I'm happy that in the end

all our hard work paid off.

 

02:19:56:08 02:20:02:10

And I'm proud that Agape can now

look after more children with no parents.

 

02:20:30:15      02:20:37:19

IN ENGLISH: Cuz you guys are the best friends I could ever have asked for. I love you.

 

02:20:43:22 02:20:50:02

Our home looks nicer now because Nonku

has been working hard to change things.

 

02:20:50:04 02:20:53:24

Life was hard before.

 

02:20:54:01 02:20:58:20

It's still hard now,

but there is improvement.

 

02:20:58:22 02:21:01:21

Things are changing.

 

02:21:07:11 02:21:12:05

I think we have a bright future

 

02:21:12:07 02:21:18:04

because we spend lots of time

together as a family

 

02:21:18:06 02:21:24:09

and we talk about things that matter.

 

02:21:35:18 02:21:37:18

You're out of tune!

 

02:21:45:20 02:21:48:15

There she goes again doing that thing!

 

02:21:51:13 02:21:55:20

This is the way that I know it!

 

02:22:00:06 02:22:05:10

I wish that when I'm older

I can have my own home

 

02:22:06:09 02:22:10:11

and be able to do things for myself

without depending on other people,

 

02:22:10:13 02:22:13:12

and find a good job.

 

02:22:13:14 02:22:17:21

I want to become a nurse

so that I can help people who are sick.

 

02:22:18:23 02:22:21:14

Why do you want to help sick people?

 

02:22:22:22 02:22:27:00

Because I don't like seeing people

when they're not well.

 

02:22:42:18 02:22:49:07

I'm happy with the way my life is now

and there are good things happening.

 

02:22:49:09 02:22:56:09

The only thing I miss is being able to tell Mum

when the good things happen.

 

 

 

02:22:57:13 02:23:01:21

I wish I had the chance

to make her happy,

 

02:23:01:23 02:23:05:05

the way she made me feel

when I was young.

 

 

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