They're more than just a children's choir - they're the voices of hope.
Local audiences will have a chance to enjoy the sounds of the Watoto Children's Choir in performance at the New Westminster Christian Reformed Church on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
The choir's brand-new performance is titled Beautiful Africa: A New Generation, and it helps to tell a story about Watoto's vision of hope for the orphan crisis in Africa.
The concert, which starts at 7 p.m., is free and open to the public, and no tickets are required.
Watoto - which means The Children in Swahili - is a care organization that was started by Canadian missionaries Gary and Marilyn Skinner as a response to the overwhelming number of orphaned children and vulnerable women in Africa, whose lives had been ravaged by war and disease.
The organization is currently caring for more than 2,000 children in three villages in Uganda, as well as running three Baby Watoto homes for infants from newborn to age two who have been rescued from tragic circumstances.
It recently expanded its operations to Cape Town, South Africa.
The Watoto Children's Choir tours the world as advocates for its work.
New Westminster Christian Reformed Church is at 8255 13th Ave. in Burnaby (near the border of New Westminster).
