An African children’s choir will perform several shows in the Valley on its first US tour. The group Matsiko, Ugandan for “hope,” will sing, dance, act out dramas and perform drum routines to benefit children who need financial help for education.

Choir members also tell audiences how their lives changed when they received aid from International Children’s Network, a worldwide organization that matches sponsors with orphaned and at-risk children.

Mable Nassuna, an 11-year-old with an ever-present smile and a love of reading, said she couldn’t afford an education before she started receiving aid from her American sponsor four years ago.

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