NEW BRITAIN – May 9, 2008 – An evening of African song and dance, including hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will help raise money to deliver health care services to children in Uganda.  The program is scheduled to take place May 10 on the campus of Central Connecticut State University. 

The event will include a silent auction in Founders Hall, in the Lawrence J. Davidson administration building, 1615 Stanley Street, hosted by WFSB Ch. 3 news personality Scot Haney beginning at 5 p.m.   The musical performance, featuring the Echo Uganda Band is scheduled to get under way at 7 p.m. in the Torp Theatre, also located in Davidson Hall.

Tickets are priced of $20.00 for adults and $15.00 for students with a valid ID.  Children under the age of 10 will be admitted free.

Sponsored by the Clare Nsenga Foundation, the program, which features Ugandan and other African music and dance is aimed at raising money to care for sick Ugandan children.  Bernadette Kazibwe, president of the Foundation said her group’s goal is to expand the Clare Nsenga Health Center “with things like the installation of water, electricity and toilets.”   She added, “The spread of AIDS in Africa is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.  In 1983, the first AIDS case was diagnosed in Uganda.  By 2004 there were reportedly more than a million people suffering from the HIV/AIDS virus, or roughly five percent of the total Ugandan population. 

For further information, call, Ms. Kazibwe at (860) 639-4213, or Professor Charles Mate-Cole, director of Central Connecticut State University’s Center for African Studies, (860) 832-3105.  Information is also available via the Clare Nsenga Foundation website:  www.clarensenga.org

Parking for the event is free in CCSU’s garages and surface lots.

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