The Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir is touring the North East for 2 weeks in September fundraising. They are planning to spend a day at Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools on Monday 19 September.

Their visit will comprise of an assembly performance for both schools, workshops for classes and an afternoon workshop for the joint schools choir. Their visit will culminate in an evening performance which will take place at 6.30pm in Chantry School Hall. The Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir will perform along with some joint pieces with the Newminster and Chantry school choir. Tickets for the concert will be available on the door (adults £3 and children £2). There will also be refreshments, African crafts on sale and a raffle.

To coincide with the visit and raise money for the charity, Pearl of Africa Child Care Ltd, we are planning on holding a non-school uniform day across the two schools where pupils wear the clothes in the colours of the Ugandan flag – black, red, yellow and white with a suggested donation of £1 per student. African crafts will be available to buy on the day too.

The charity, Pearl of Africa Child Care Ltd, which organises the tour, is a registered charity in England and Wales and all the money is sent to the charity which sends it to Uganda to help the schools educate, house and feed orphans and destitute children in six schools in Kampala and Masaka District in S.W. Uganda. Molly Wasswa, co-founder of the schools, will be travelling with the choir once again on their eighth visit to the North East.www.pearlofafrica.org.uk

Please note choir members will need to return to school to perform in this exciting concert at 6.00pm on Monday 19th September.