Charity
Lister Elia recently visited his native country Tanzania,to
promote his books,albums and video clips. During this tour, he paid a
visit at New life Orphans centre based in Dar-es-salaam.This centre is
catering for orphans whose parents have died mainly due to
HIV/AIDS. In Africa, one of the overriding poverty related
concerns is AIDS orphans. This creates a huge strain to the coping
ability of the social system of the poor; in addition it causes a
huge burden at the extended family level. On extreme cases,this
situation leads to child headed families and urban street
families. New life orphans centre therefore rescues such children
and provides them with basic support.However,they rely on well
wishers(friends good will). Lister Elia therefore paid a courtesy call
to eat and dine with the orphans and at least give them a ray of hope
through his music. Lister believes that music is the soul of the
heart for all society,it is on this good course that he was able to
donate money,sports equipments,goats,cartons of juice,100kg of sugar
and 200kg of rice among others. As a professional musician living
abroad and also well known in his native country through his
music and his books among them PIANO. He believes in sharing whatever
he has not only with orphans but also with all disadvanteged
families who lost their parents or their loved ones due to natural
calamites like accidents and wars. For Lister it was such a "moving
experiance" to meet young talented boys and girls as young as 3
years, they probably could be too young to know what happened to their
parents,he thought.Lister therefore made a personal decision to support
orphans whenever he goes back to visit his native country.He hopes to
start a music school in his native country in future where some
disadvantaged members of his communities with music talents could
benefit. For more information please watch a video clip "Supporting
orphans" and also watch "photo gallery" and you will find some more
moving images.