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A Rally for Poverty (.7)
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Just recently I participated in a HUGE and amazing rally on poverty and a children's choir from Kenya came up to perform. Everyone from Kenya is part of the Mully Children's Family, the story behind the organization and it's creator Charles Mully is incredilbe! Check it out! The kids were all about high school age and could speak Swahili and English fluently. The three humanitarian groups at the high schools in my city all participated in this and we got to take the kids bowling! lol It was pretty funny since they had never been bowling before and instead of rolling the balls they threw them. :) Almost of the children at MCF, except for Charles Mully's biological children, have lived on the streets in Kenya, been orphaned or subject to some kind of abuse. But when we met them, they were completely normal and definetely had lots of fun with us, dancing and doing gymnastics in the bowling alley. It was definetely one of the coolest days of my life.

April 28, 2009 | 12:20 PM Comments  2 comments

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YFWPUSA Youth Fed
April 29, 2009 | 6:31 AM

Wow that sounds like it was a lot of fun! What kind of performances did the children do? I’m sure it must have been a great experience for everyone involved. I think we need more of these cross-cultural events to build awareness and compassion for other cultures. thanks for posting this!

Rachel, Youth Federation Intern
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MeganCanada Megan
May 1, 2009 | 12:13 AM

It was soo fun! We called them kids, but they were actually between 13,14 and 18 lol, but they perform a lot of their songs in swahili, i'm pretty sure they were hymns of some kind because they are christian. They did some traditional dancing, which they taught us some moves from! and some gymnastics, sort of like cheerleading stunts with the pyramids and things. I'm a gymnastics coach and I was scared for them! they standing on each other's head or shoulders like three people high. craziest experience of my life, especially they're testamonies. I completely agree with you, before doing this people from Kenya seemed like aliens almost lol, but meeting these kids who've seen the best and the worst situations, they were exactly like us. Thanks for the comment!

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