Three Chattanooga stops are on the itinerary as the Ugandan Orphans Choir gets its 2010-2011 East Coast tour under way.
David and Sarah Hovde direct the choir, which consists of five boys and five girls. Wearing colorful African costumes, they’ll sing, dance and play traditional instruments such as drums and pan pipes.
“The Ugandan Orphans Choir is a perfect opportunity for guests to see and hear expressive folk arts of a diverse culture while gaining a better perspective of cultural arts and worldviews,” said Liza Blair, the arts manager at Creative Discovery Museum, one of the stops on the tour, along with Chattanooga Zoo and New Hope Presbyterian Church.
The tour is sponsored by Childcare Worldwide, a ministry that works to meet the spiritual and physical needs of children in the developing world by connecting the children to concerned people in the West.
From the beginning of the choir tour until they complete trade school, Childcare Worldwide will give the 10 children educational tools to advance their future and make a difference in Africa.
“The goal is to offer children in Africa a new perspective of hope and success through education and hard work in order to break the cycle of family poverty,” said the organization’s website, www.childcareworldwide.org.
More than 2 million children live as orphans in Uganda, according to the organization.