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... Israel21c 'I met children who only wanted to live' By Idan Raichel April 15, 2007 Idan Raichel is an Israeli musician and leader of the Idan Raichel Project.

Save a Child's Heart Ynetnews The Idan Raichel Project RWANDA - Three months ago, I was asked if I would like to join a group traveling to Ethiopia and Rwanda.

When asked to travel to Ethiopia, I go.

I'm even willing to join a group that supports elephants.

It took me a while to realize that the group consisted of doctors who travel around the world to treat children suffering from heart ailments.

Naturally I was a bit cynical: Who are you?

Great heroes trying to save the world?

"Come and see the department at the Wolfson Medical Center," they told me.

I decided to go there one morning.

I saw things I couldn't believe existed only ten minutes away from my home.

Students from all over the world take care of Palestinian and Jordanian children, children from Zanzibar, Vietnam and Ethiopia -all of them suffering from heart diseases and laying in one department full of tubes.

Less than a year ago I performed in Ethiopia in a series of very moving concerts which were also documented by Tomer Hyman.

I never imagined that I would return within a year, but then one night my partner Amber and I once again boarded an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Addis Ababa along with the group of doctors.

Addis, a poor and harsh city At dawn we landed in Addis, a poor and harsh city.

We immediately caught the soldier's attention.

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