By PHARES MUTEMBEI
'Children of Haiti Let's unite, Let's make a song"' Those are words of a new song composed in honour of needy children who were left helpless when disaster struck.
A big earthquake in Haiti, in the Caribbean, in January last year killed thousands of people and left many orphans. Many more people were left homeless and had to stay in tents, with insufficient food and water.
As if that wasn’t enough suffering, devastating winds and rain destroyed the tents and the children got into more health problems, mainly cholera. The UN has been helping to raise money to help these children.
A group of Kenyan children, who are members of the talented singing group Wafalme, have also come out to help. They have released a DVD and CD called Wafalme Kidz For Kidz in Haiti. The DVD, which has the award-winning Trash is Cash environmental song, has been produced with the help of the United Nations office in Nairobi, Unep (United Nations Environmental Programme) and Unicef, among other groups.
"We made the song to help raise money for our fellow children in Haiti. We wanted to share their suffering and help them get medicine, clean water and get them back to school," said Mary Ndunge, who has done the chorus.
Another singer is Francis Demesi, who says: "People should use their talents to help the needy. God gave us nice voices so that we can sing for Him and now we are using to help."
Wafalme is made up of 20 children, the youngest being only eight years old. They all come from Nairobi’s poorest areas like Mathare, Dandora and Huruma.
The gifted children have received awards in US and Europe, for their songs on environment.
