“We will tour for six months, primarily to remind people that there is hope in Jesus,” said Daniel Ogwal, team leader with his wife, Maria.
The choir also raises awareness of the plight of orphaned children and vulnerable women in
“We strongly believe that this is the heart of God concerning community, that His church will reach out to people who are vulnerable,” Ogwal said.
The choir consists of 18 children and four adults who sing, dance, and play drums with high enthusiasm and energy. Their songs are mostly in English, but incorporate words from some Ugandan dialects, such as one song that goes, ‘name above all names, lubangawa,’ which means ‘our God.’ Several members share their own testimony during the show, speaking of how the church rescued them and gave them a new family.
“God has brought me to Watoto and He has given me sponsors,” said Miriam Mujawimana, 12, who has been with Watoto for three years. “Where I come from, they used to treat me badly. Sometimes I didn’t have food to eat, I didn’t go to school, we didn’t have shoes to put on, but God brought me where I came from and now I have shoes, I have food – each and every thing.”
Ogwal hopes Watoto children will go out in to the world and make it a better place, starting with their home of
“Watoto’s vision is one to rescue vulnerable children and as we rescue them and take them into the Watoto program, we raise them up to become leaders,” he said, “As they grow up and start to influence people, we believe they will start to push for the right values and in the process will start to build our nation, our country and then spread out to the continent.”
The Watoto Children’s Choir will perform one more time in