A band of (ex)street kids in Uganda
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Members of the brass band rehearse marches in the schoolyard every evening.

Photo: Eileen Roche / Photo Philanthropy

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Members of the brass band rehearse marches in the schoolyard every evening.
In their freetime, the children practice playing traditional Ugandan instruments, like the ennanga.
M-Lisada director Bosco Segawa, a former street child, pauses from his work to converse with a few of the children.
By 8 AM, the beans are simmering: lunch is served some seven hours later. This hearty meal is all most of the kids will have today.
Bosco rests with the neighborhood children while a sudden rainstorm passes through.
Transporting more than 25 children and instruments to and from performance locations can be a big challenge for the band.
The brass band is the main source of income for the M-Lisada home. With secondhand instruments, the children perform at over 100 functions per year.
The traditional dances of Uganda tell stories of courtship, farming rituals, and weather patterns.
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