Since May, the Watoto Children
’s Choir from Uganda, East Africa, has been touring throughout Australia and New Zealand and will be performing a free concert in Stanthorpe next Thursday, October 13.
The Concert of Hope raises awareness of the plight of parentless children and widowed mothers in Uganda – a country that has experienced many years of destruction and despair.
All 22 children, aged between eight and 13, have lost either one or both of their parents to AIDS, war, famine or abandonment.
They will captivate you with their vibrant authentic African costumes, beautiful voices, powerful dances and personal stories; and show you the hope that they now have after being rescued by Watoto Childcare Ministries.
Watoto was founded by Gary and Marilyn Skinner, pastors from Canada, in the 1980s and cares for more than 2000 children in villages built by teams that come from all over the world.
In these villages, the children are put into homes with a new mother, who is a widow herself, and with seven other new brothers and sisters.
Families from all over the world sponsor these children so that they can receive all their daily needs.
There are three villages; Bbira and Suubi villages are in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, and Laminadera Village, which is in the northern, war-torn Gulu district of Uganda.
Each village also has a school, babies’ home, medical centre and teacher’s accommodation.
The children of the Watoto Choir have left Australians inspired and stirred since they commenced their tour in May and now they will perform in a concert in Stanthorpe at 6.30pm, on October 13, with the venue still to be confirmed.
For more details, visit
www.watoto.com or call Erin Long on 0413 334 242.
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