June 2012

Category: June 2012

A Director’s Blog – Uganda

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African Children’s Choir Primary School There are roughly 25 staff members at the African Children’s Choir Primary School, including teachers, dorm parents, a nurse, cooks, and guards/gardeners. Our visit was a good time to truly appreciate the incredible job they all do, evident in the Primary 7 exam results each year, and the general atmosphere [...]

Taking The Field

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The African Children's Choir Primary School is ready to take the field! The soccer pitch at the school has reached a major milestone as the excavating phase was completed last month. Soccer is the national sport in Uganda and the children are quite serious about the game. The new field still needs landscaping and grass [...]

A Director’s Blog – South Sudan

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Sally France, East Africa Director and I travelled from Uganda to South Sudan and we are the first within Music for Life to have official Republic of South Sudan visa stickers in our passports! We were delighted to be met at the airport by Manase Lomole Waya, the Deputy Governor and Minister of Education, Science [...]

New Career Brings New Life!

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Katherine, an alumni of the 10th African Children’s Choir has recently graduated from Nursing School in Kenya.

A Director’s Blog – Kenya

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Alex Palmer and I took the same flight from Uganda to Kenya. I was pleased to see the base/office. It is quite able to host a visiting team or a group of children! There are four bedrooms and three bathrooms in a nice area. Green Gardens Primary School Mwai, David, Jerusha and I paid a [...]