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26th November: Destiny Africa Children’s Choir meets the Prime Minister!

On 25^th November, Destiny Africa - the Kampala Children’s Centre choir - performed inside Number 10, Downing Street, in front of the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, the Secretary of State for Children, Ed Balls and other MPs and dignitaries.

What an amazing end to the choir’s six-week UK performance tour and a finale performance just prior to the return trip home. Their UK story has been an amazing testimony in itself – at the outset they almost didn’t even get into the UK because of visa complications but today they performed in one of the State Rooms to an audience of MPs, ministers and the PM himself.

Mission committee chair Sarah Khadka-Lowe and our Children and Family Leader Steve Lock (who has himself visited Uganda) were there to see the choir perform alongside First News Editor and L1FE congregation member Nicky Cox whose newspaper has been running a Conflict Children Campaign that has focused on child soldiers in the north of Uganda.

The choir performed magnificently and sang a selection of their songs, performed a number of drumming items and two of the children spoke and gave their testimonies. Each one of them also told of their hopes and dreams. It was a moving and hugely successful event.

You can read more and see a short video of the choir’s day at No 10 on the Downing Street web-site.....here........

Check out the pictures to see more about the day that Destiny Africa from Uganda met the UK’s Prime Minister.

If you would like to sponsor a child at Kampala Children’s Centre, make a donation to KCC, or find out more information about KCC and the Destiny Africa Children’s Choir and our church's involvement with this organisation, please see Sarah Khadka-Lowe (via the parish office – see the Contact Us page) or visit the KCC website: www.kampalachildren.com

Destiny Africa Children’s Choir in Horsley

On the weekend of 17-19^th October, the Destiny Africa Children’s Choir from our mission partner Kampala Children’s Centre in Uganda visited Horsley!  See the pictures......

On the Friday night, we packed the East Horsley Village Hall and were sold out for their concert performance. 180 tickets were sold. The evening was interspersed with singing, dancing and drumming, costume changes as well as testimonies and factual information about KCC. At the interval Ugandan crafts were sold.

A cheque for £3,000 was presented to KCC at the end of the evening. This money was made up of ticket sales and a donation from the St Mary’s/L1FE mission fund. We raised a further £155 of donations through the cakes and refreshments.

The choir stayed with host families in the village who provided bed and breakfast for the kids and leaders on Friday and Saturday nights. The choir had another full day on the Saturday, performing at Parkside School in Cobham in the evening.

On Sunday morning, we were all up at the church bright and early for the 0900 service at which Destiny Africa performed two songs. Some of the kids also had a go at bell ringing!

Then it was swiftly on to the East Horsley village hall for kidstuf. The choir performed two songs and some drumming numbers. After kidstuf there was a bring and share lunch which gave everyone a chance to mingle and chat.

In the afternoon, whilst waiting for the new driver to arrive to drive their minibus on to Margate, many of the KCC kids learnt how to ride a bicycle and lots of fun was had on the East Horsley village hall car park and playing fields.

In total, £4,136.50 was contributed to KCC across the weekend as a result of additional individual donations on top of the presented cheque.