Most of the news I post for CMCentral is very benign: entertainment stories, for the most part. Who has a new project coming out, what band was just signed, and which artist can be spotted on television this week. Yesterday I had to post a report on Kenyan members of the African Children’s Choir who had been caught up in violent eruptions following the country’s presidential election. It is not, of course, news to anyone that there is violence and suffering going on in numerous African countries. However this report mentioned details of specific choir members’ injuries and losses, including one who had been shot by an arrow. Hard to hear when you think of the ministry of the world renown African Children’s Choir, and their emphasis on the dignity and value of each African child.

In their 23 years of ministry, the Choir has gone through numerous incarnations, apparently at least fifteen, as one member is described as being part of choir number 15. I have no idea how many there have been in total, but my heart aches at the thought of these children who have lost so much, and given so much, now being faced with yet another struggle. Of course their struggle will endure until their country is able to find its way through the complicated, evil morass affecting the entire continent, and that is a huge dream indeed. But until that time, African Children’s Choir founder Ray Barnett directs our attention toward a Kenya relief fund accepting donations for the care and support of not just these choir members, but so many other African children who now find themselves without a home or basic support. The link to receive donations can be found here. Thank you for taking a moment to visit it and consider the plight of these children, and their value in God’s eyes.

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