on the day in which we had visitors in the village...

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in church when they announced that there was a group of people visiting from Kenya from the Mully Children's Foundation. The village was invited back to the top of the hill on Sunday afternoon for a special performance from the group that had come.

I first heard of Charles Mulli shortly before coming to Uganda in 2009, when a friend back home gave me his book to read while I was over here. Hands down, one of the most powerful biographies that I have read; "Father To The Fatherless" is the story of how he was abandoned as a young child in Kenya, and forced to find his own means of survival. Through years of hard work and determination, Charles becomes a very successful businessman, but one day feels called to give up his business and start to care for abandoned street kids in Kenya.

Through this, the Mully Charles Foundation was started, and to date they have taken in over 6000 orphans, providing house, care and education for them. You can read more about their organization here.

A group of their kids came out to Suubi last weekend to connect with Watoto and find out more about the way that Watoto operates. The kids were hosted in numerous Watoto village houses; their amazing choir sang for us in church on Sunday, and then in the afternoon they put on a very entertaining performance, complete with music, traditional dance, and acrobatics.

Here are a few pics from the day...