The song can be purchased on CD exclusively at
Look &
Listen stores for
R20, or it can be downloaded digitally for
R30, and proceeds will be donated to the WSPCF. For those who want to make an additional contribution, SMSing the word „
Believe‟ to 42400 will make a R30 donation to help further the foundation‟s work.
„Believe‟ can be downloaded from the below service providers
Nokia OVI
Vodacom Look and Listen on-line
DSTV O--
Music
Samsung Music
Watershed, one of
South Africa‟s favourite home-grown bands, has released a new single "Believe" -- a song inspired by the children who pass through the care of the
Walter Sisulu Paediatric
Cardiac Foundation (WSPCF).
The WSPCF was founded by Dr.
Robin Kinsley in
2003, together with the Sisulu family and Netcare as founding partners, to provide life-saving surgery to underprivileged children with congenital heart disorders from across
Africa.
The foundation‟s patrons include former president
Nelson Mandela, and
United Nations Global Messenger of
Peace,
HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein of
Jordan.
"
It‟s a fact that 1 in
100 babies worldwide is born with congenital heart defects," says WSPCF
CEO Lynda Bleazard. "95% of these can be easily corrected. Sadly, only 20% of babies and children in SA, and less than 1% on the continent of Africa, have access to any such life- saving treatment."
Based in
Johannesburg, the Foundation has provided hundreds of life-saving surgeries, performed at the Netcare Sunninghill
Hospital in Johannesburg, and the Netcare
Christian Barnard Memorial and
Red Cross War Memorial Children‟s Hospitals in
Cape Town.
"There are currently an estimated 2,800 children with cardiac defects on South Africa‟s public sector waiting list, and in the rest of Africa that number is conservatively estimated at 350,
000 children.
Without surgery they will die. We rely heavily on the generosity of our corporate sponsors, partners and individuals to make financial donations to allow us to continue to fund the life-saving cardiac surgery for these children," Lynda says.
Craig was inspired to kick-start the „Believe‟ project during a visit to the WSPCF‟s paediatric cardiac unit in Netcare Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg.
"
I‟ve always failed to understand the concept of „when it‟s your time, it‟s your time‟, particularly when it comes to children" says Watershed front man Craig
Hinds. "When I met with the team at the WSPCF, I saw that they are giving more time to children who would otherwise have no access to the critical medical care that they need to survive."
"After Lynda Bleazard, the CEO of the Foundation, asked us if we would be interested in working with them, the answer was a resounding „yes‟ -- and writing and recording „Believe‟ was the best way we knew how," he continued.
Craig wrote „Believe‟ with the concepts of belief, opportunity and possibility in mind. "The WSCPF is giving children the possibility, the real possibility of living a long life," says Craig. "
Thanks to the dedication of everyone involved in this miracle of a foundation, there will be nothing in the world that these children can‟t believe in."
- published: 25 Jul 2011
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