Whenever the hectic life of the city gets to me
and the world closes in,
I do a little trick that I discovered
when I was nine years old.
I close my eyes, take a deep breath
and I go back to that place.
Suddenly, I am flying over that ancient landscapes.
I can taste the sweet jungle air.
I can feel the gentle river flowing around me.
I'm back at home
at El Pauji.
A rural community of less than 300 people.
Nestled between one of the most ancient places on earth
the Great Savanna of Venezuela
and the Amazon rainforest.
This is where I grew up in
and there I developed a profound relationship with nature.
Throughout my life I've had a recurring nightmare.
I returned to EL Pauji and everything has changed.
All the rivers are contaminated,
the trees were cut down and the animals are gone.
All this destruction because of illegal mining.
And for what?
Illusory value ascribed to metals and numbers.
Today that nightmare seems to be
more and more of a reality.
Our instinct as humans is to protect what we love.
But how can we protect something
which we do not know it even exists?
That connection has been broken,
but it's not lost.
Through our project Gotas,
we show the world the natural wonders of our country.
We are determined to make people
fall in love again with nature.
To protect the things of true value;
our air, soil, and water.
If you feel like us, you are one of us.
You're one of those drops willing to find that reconnection
that can keep our home alive and transform this problem
into a reality where we can live in harmony with nature.
I am Liana Malva, a singer songwriter from Venezuela
and this is Gotas.
The heartbeats of the jungle.
♪ Oh, oh oh, ♪
♪ Oh, oh yeah ♪
♪ Oh no, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh no, oh, oh, oh yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Oh no, oh no ♪
♪ Oh yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Oh oh, no ♪
♪ Oh no, oh ♪
♪ Oh no, oh yeah ♪
♪ City of strangers ♪
♪ Walking alone ♪
♪ Far away from home ♪
♪ Somewhere I got lost ♪
♪ Don't know where I'm, but I'm feeling the rush ♪
♪ Far away from home ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Erase the line they made to divide ♪
♪ What's wrong or what's right ♪
♪ Heal the evil inside ♪
♪ If you look closer, you can find ♪
♪ There are no borders ♪
♪ In people's eyes ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ And when the day comes, I'll find my way back home ♪
♪ Return to you where I belong ♪
♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪
♪ Better days will come ♪
♪ We will soon be together ♪
♪ Laughing under the sun ♪
♪ Living life like we want ♪
♪ Erase the line they made to divide ♪
♪ What's wrong or what's right ♪
♪ Heal the evil inside ♪
♪ If you look closer, you can find ♪
♪ There are no borders ♪
♪ In people's eyes ♪
♪ Eyes ♪
♪ Oh ♪