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Watoto may refer to: * Watoto Church, a Pentecostal church based in Kampala, Uganda Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ... * Watoto Child Care Ministries, a child care organization run by the Watoto Church * Watoto Children's Choir, a children's choir made up of children from the Watoto Child Care Ministries {{dab ...
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Watoto Church
Watoto Church, formerly Kampala Pentecostal Church (KPC) is an English-speaking cell-based East African community church headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. Watoto means "the children" in Swahili. Background The church was founded in 1984 in Kampala by Canadian missionaries Pastor Gary Skinner and his wife, Marylin. Initially, it operated out of Kampala's Imperial Hotel before the leadership took over a disused cinema which was renamed The Centre. Today, Watoto occupies its own purpose-built campus in Kampala and earns £13.3 million a year Structure Watoto's main church is dubbed Watoto Church Downtown and has expanded over the years across the city with Watoto Church Kisaasi, Bweyogerere, Lubowa, Kyengera, Kansanga, Bugolobi and Entebbe. The church has also expanded across Uganda with Watoto Church Bbira in Wakiso District, Watoto Church Suubi in Mpigi District, Watoto Church Gulu and Watoto Church Laminadera in Gulu District and Watoto Church Mbarara in Mbarara City. Vis ...
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Kampala, Uganda
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of . In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011) according to Xuantong Wang et al., which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York-ba ...
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Watoto Child Care Ministries
Started in 1994, Watoto Child Care Ministries is a branch of the Watoto Church in Uganda that builds villages with schools, churches, medical centers, and homes and populates them with new families built from orphans and widows. Currently there are three villages: Bbira and Suubi near Kampala and Laminadera outside Gulu. Other projects being undertaken by Watoto Child Care Ministries include baby homes, vocational training, and farms to support the villages. Watoto Child Care Ministries is also the organization that runs the Watoto Children's Choir which tours internationally every year. Watoto aims to "raise the next generation of African leaders". Watoto Model The Watoto Model is one that Watoto seeks to replicate all over Africa and has been successfully executed in Gulu, Uganda and twice near Kampala, Uganda. Watoto villages build homes for eight orphans and one widow mother and build a family to live together in it. The Watoto Church also runs a program called Father's Heart wh ...
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Watoto Children's Choir
The Watoto Children's Choir is a group of African children choirs based in Kampala, Uganda, at Watoto Church and which tours internationally. Each is composed of about eighteen to twenty-two children from Uganda. Their tours raise money as well as awareness for the Watoto orphanages in Kampala. “Watoto” means "Children" in Swahili language, Swahili. The choir is made up of children who have lost one or both parents, often as a result of AIDS. Watoto operate six choirs which tour Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. The choirs travel with a team of adult chaperones who look after the children and also manage the day-to-day logistics of the tour on the road. The choir has toured Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada and China. Performance of the YMCA at the Hong Kong Christian College in Hong Kong, China. Their ‘Concerts of Hope’ are a blend of African rhythms, contemporary gospel music, creative dance and story-telling. They have released several albums includi ...
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