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Sing to the Well

We are very excited to tell you about a new CD and DVD recorded in a mud hut village in Tanzania, Africa. It is a collection of songs taken from everyday life in a beautiful but harsh environment; where famine and drought are often just around the corner. The Wagogo people of this village are renowned for their musicality; and so we have worked with them in audio, pictures & video to bring you their story of hope in adversity.

You can order the CD & DVD set from Cloisters, price £15 plus postage - but you can of course pay more,and everything you donate will help to provide wells in the village for a beautiful people.

Even in a good year water is scarce and you would have to walk 2km to drink, cook, or wash. The CD sales will go back to the community to fund rebuild old wells and dig new ones. Care will be needed to ensure that the new water does not endanger people by lowering their resistance to less clean supplies. This CD & DVD project enables the villagers to fund this engineering and expertise through their own product.

We encourage you also to join in the project. Discover and explore through the music and stories on this CD & DVD, a beautiful people, the Wagogo.