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economist suntribune people saturday april 27 2002 by hannelore volpe staff writer after hearing the heavenly voices of the watoto childrens choir at a concert last year stouffvilles bill clark knew he had to help the young ugandan orphans somehow he and his wife nancy clark trav eled to kampala uganda to help build threehomes and start work on a fourth earlier this year the stouffville pentecostal church members were accompanied by barry mckinley and his daughter christine and kevin morris all whitchurchstoufiville resi dents each block home will house eight orphans with a momma to look after them the mommas are single women usually in their 30s arid 40s many of the children were found by the local watoto child care ministrys workers aban doned on the streets of kampala many of the youngsters have been orphaned through the aids epidemic rampant in the area the watoto child care ministry has around 2000 children aged three years and older in its charge in three separate locations one ruralarid two in the city conditions are very appalling said mrs clark after helping to build the homes at the rural bbira site which also houses a small school at the bbira site mrs- clark found that local men were working for 3 a day there were no mechanized tools many shovels were broken and the tires on the wheelbar rows were flat when the clarks left the worksite we even left our boots there mrs clark said it broke her heart to see the orphans irr the governmentrun facilities the rickety cribs of little babies had signs saying name unknown older children had no clothes no toys and stared vacantly around some inflicted wounds on themselves when they got back to stouffville mr clark told his wife we need to see what we can do so they started their next project filling a 40 foot container which will be shipped to kampala next saturday he started speaking to church groups and rotary clubs nancy clarks mother in perth gweri travis started putting out the word that generators and other equipment was needed -to- send to uganda a generator never did materialize but 1400 pairs of runriirig shoes did donated by brown shoes mrs travis dentist pitched in tooth brushes wheelbarrows and an auger were donated and mrs clarks grade 4 class at summitview public school in stouffville came up with several bags of school supplies stouffville residents have also donat ed bicycles that their own children have outgrown monetary donations that come in are matched by the stouffville pentecostal churchs mission fund richard muir of uxbridge has given the clarks the use of his warehouse for the equipment that is being collected a group in springfield missouri has also collected money for the watoto child care ministry laird sons whose owners live in stouffville have provided a small skid loader the clarks are allowing about three months for the container to arrive in kampala and are planning to be in uganda near the end of july- to oversee its arrival the watoto childrens choir will visit stouffville for tonights concert starting at 7 at stouffville pentecostal the 20 children in the choir will stay overnight with local families before heading off to sing at the peoples church in willowdale and other locations in southern ontario three of the young orphans will be staying with the clarks we have to keep building these homes because there are so many chil dren living in desperate conditions nancy clark said s your family pharmacists exclusive provider of apothecare home medication management services 4711234 377 church st markham next to markham stouflville hospital open 7 days a week 8811616 8200 bayview ave thonihill lblksofhwy7 free delivery service if s time for your we have a package thats fit for you at glut marram weve got ip all fitness personal trainers stateoftheart exercise gym new free weight room large aerobics studio with cushioned floor fitness evaluation program squash 5 international squash courts squash professional pro shop pools indoor swimming pool 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