Every Step Counts – Walk for Kids in Congo at the Princeton “Reply With Music” Annual 5k Walk
There are an estimated 100,000 street children in Kinshasa, the capital city-province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it has been estimated that one in ten child soldiers – or 30,000 children – are found.
Studies show that traumatic life experiences like the ones currently experienced by children in Congo cause them to lose the ability to understand and share the feelings of one another. Operanauts aim to give opportunity and restore empathy to these children through music.
Operanauts will host community residents and high school students in our first annual “Reply with Music” 5K Walk for children in Congo at 9 AM on Sunday, September 25th 2016. The “Reply with Music” 5K Walk is open to the public and welcomes on-line registrants at https://Operanauts5kwalk.eventbrite.com. There is also registration on the day-of the “Reply with Music“ 5k Walk.
“From my experience teaching singers all these years, our ‘Reply with Music’ 5k Walk touches the CORE of what I believe — that we can inspire and engage children with opera music!” says Joy Bechtler, founder of Operanauts Inc.