Free Up Mozambique started as a charity project and single for Care International, a track written by Ras Soto and Mighty Pepper – we are now launching a remix project/contest open to all!


All remixes as well as Ras Soto’s acapella are available for free download. However we hope you will be able to donate and support where possible – many thanks and blessings. The original track will still remain for sale – full release details can be found below.

To join the remix contest:

1) Download Ras Soto’s acapella (136bpm) at - dubculturerecords.bandcamp.com/album/free-up-mozambique

2) Create your remix version - all styles of reggae and dub accepted!

3) Submit your master file in wav format to - dubculturerecordsuk@gmail.com Please label it as follows – Remix Title – Artist Name.

4) No deadline. Once you have your version, send it over and we will upload it to the Free Up Mozambique bandcamp project.

5) Exclusive Dub Culture Records, Care International and Bandcamp project. Please do not upload your remix version to your personal or artist BandCamp/YouTube/Soundcloud/Spotify channels etc! Strictly DCR Bandcamp - dubculturerecords.bandcamp.com


BLESS

The lyrics and the song are protected by copyright laws - All rights reserved by Dub Culture Records © 2022 - Please don't use this acappella for your own projects.

JUSTGIVING LINK 🔗 - www.justgiving.com/fundraising/freeupmozambique?


DUB CULTURE RECORDS continues the mission to deliver powerful, uplifting music with a roaring release ‘FREE UP MOZAMBIQUE’. Together, Ras Soto, a Mozambican artist, activist and musical performer, alongside Mighty Pepper, a formidable Tel Aviv-based producer, aim to raise awareness of the continued tragic and topical issues Mozambique and its people face, in their plight for freedom.

In recent reports, regarding the conflicts and issues in the northern province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, it is stated ‘The UN says 950,000 people in areas affected by the conflict in northern Mozambique are facing severe hunger… The Mozambique government says following last month's attack on Palma that left dozens of people dead, the entire local administration will have to be rebuilt from scratch.
Local government buildings, schools, hospitals and homes for employees were all destroyed by the insurgents.

The Mozambican government says it needs more than $114m (£82m) for the socio-economic reconstruction of the district town of Palma, in northern Cabo Delgado province, recently vandalised by Islamist terrorists.’

The current situation is another blow to the Mozambican people and its troubled history, including environmental disasters, civil war and a well-documented challenge of government corruption and inequality.
Dub Culture Records wanted to help highlight these issues and bring them into the public spotlight. This militant and uncompromising message needs to be heard. To further our support the profits from our Bandcamp sales will be donated to CARE.

About CARE

CARE International is a global confederation of fourteen independent non-profit and non-sectarian humanitarian organizations working together to fight poverty and provide assistance in the face of humanitarian emergencies.

Since 2007, CARE has focused its programming on women's issues, as CARE knows that empowering women results in whole families being rescued from the misfortune of poverty. Underlying all of CARE's work is a strong mission and organizational vision that seeks to serve individuals and families in the world's poorest communities. By mobilizing forces from the agencies' own diversity, resources and global experiences, CARE promotes innovative solutions and advocates global responsibility for suppressing the needs of the most vulnerable people.
To achieve its organizational mission CARE promotes lasting change through:
• Capacity building for self-help
• Creating economic opportunities
• Relief assistance in emergencies
• Influencing policy decisions at all levels, and
• Elimination of discrimination in all its forms
Guided by the aspirations of local communities, CARE pursues its mission with both excellence and compassion, always bearing in mind the respect due to those CARE serves, and administers holistic and integrated programs that maximize impact.

About Mozambique

Over 80% of the population in Mozambique lives on less than $2 a day and approximately 60% of the population lives in severe poverty. Poverty is greatest in rural areas and it affects women and girls and particularly women-headed households disproportionately. The livelihoods of poor families are largely dependent on natural resources, all of which are under threat, and alternative options for dignified work are exceedingly limited.

About CARE Mozambique

Within Mozambique, CARE began working in-country in 1984 (General Country Agreement signed on February 9th, 1984) delivering emergency and large-scale humanitarian response programs to war affected communities. CARE was a principal recipient of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at this time working closely with what was the precursor to INGC (National Institute of Disaster Management), the Department for Preventing and Combating Natural Disasters (DPPCN).
Coordinating logistically with DPPCN, CARE provided relief food through emergency logistics nation-wide with an average of 11,000 MTs being distributed on a monthly basis during the critical latter years of the war when a great percentage of the population were displaced and living without benefit of agricultural production. During this time of relief distribution, a number of CARE staff members were killed in the line of duty.

Following the end of the war in 1992, CARE’s programmatic focus evolved towards longer-term projects that addressed the health, water & sanitation, agriculture, economic and food security needs of impoverished communities. These longer-term programs included women’s empowerment and gender equity focus. Partnership with other local civil society actors was and continues to be essential to the delivery of CARE’s programs.

As the Mozambique government’s capacity to deliver basic services to impoverished communities improved CARE has continued to evolve its role from a solely service delivery agency to an organization providing technical support within key sectors. CARE’s 30-year presence in Mozambique has resulted in the agency having a strong reputation as a reliable, efficient and trustworthy emergency response development partner effectively empowering the most vulnerable populations in the country.

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