The Choir
Funvini’s choir is relatively young but it has already achieved much. In 2007 it gained first place in a national competition and has sung at various events in Medellín and Peréira since then. Music has considerable therapeutic benefits for these children and it is delightful to hear the sound of their singing echoing around Casa Walsingham, or to see two children working at some task, and singing away at the same time.

It is an important antidote to the harshness and violence of life in the shanty-towns where they live and is helping Funvini to offer them a different perspective on life.
In August 2010 three of the boys from the choir were chosen to take part in a professional production of 'The Magic Flute' and they acquitted themselves excellently.
At the present time the choir is working on the production of a CD, which is being sponsored by one of the charity's supporters. it should be available later this year.
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It is Father Peter’s dream that one day he will be able to bring the choir to the UK to sing at different locations around the country and so give the street-children a voice. He also hopes that it may eventually be possible for this programme to be extended to include dance and drama. |


