Children’s choir sings for cause

By Starlene Soler
November 8, 2011

The Mwamba Children’s Choir was founded to promote awareness and raise money for under-privileged children. Three years later, their message is still strong.

On Nov. 15, 2011, Mwamba will be performing live in Grace Hall. The event is being organized by freshman Jeremy Campbell.

In 1998, cholera hit the neighborhood of father Ponsiano Lwakatale, a pastor in Kampala, Uganda. After the family’s youngest daughter snuck food to a friend, her father went to punish her. The 8-year-old girl said, “If you beat me for giving to the needy, can you still be a pastor?”

These words opened the pastor’s eyes and he realized that there were people who needed more than his family did. This was the spark of an organization that helps orphans and widows in the Kampala community. This also started a beautiful children’s choir that travels the world.

Mwamba is a word that means “rock” in Swahili. Sekitende’s goal when starting this choir was to promote talent as he attempted to change people’s lives through music.

The choir is made up of young children between the ages of 6 to 13 that can sing in up to eight different languages.

The  choir raises awareness about the underprivileged children, as well as the orphans living in Uganda. This choir goes on with the intention of helping children by providing both physical and emotional care, education, medical care, food, clothing and most importantly, love.

This choir is meant to be a fundraiser and relationship builder with churches and organizations to help build a sustainable community for the children. This community hopes to include a school, a farm, a home and other self-sustainable programs.

This year, the purpose of the fundraiser is to build a multipurpose facility on a piece of land located in Maya. The facility will include classrooms, a science lab, a music room, a health clinic and dormitories.

The choir’s plan is to tour the world and through their singing, encourage people to donate to the new facility.

For people who want to learn more, the choir has a program called “Destination Uganda.” This program gives people the opportunity to travel to Uganda and experience what Mwamba is all about and what they are doing.

Mwamba’s music is available for download on iTunes and you can follow them on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

1 thought on “Children’s choir sings for cause”

  1. cabrini.webmaster

    You might want to mention the time of events when you write about them.

    This performance is at 7 p.m.

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Starlene Soler

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  1. cabrini.webmaster

    You might want to mention the time of events when you write about them.

    This performance is at 7 p.m.

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