Sweet choir o'mine: Children on song for new movie

The group's alumni have gone on to become doctors, lawyers and nurses -- professions that would have been out of their reach without the educational and financial support offered to them through the choir.

The African Children's Choir is composed of children aged seven to 10, from various African countries. Currently touring the United States, the choir is the subject of new documentary film "Imba Means Sing,"

Angel features heavily in the film. The eight-year-old Ugandan says she likes the spotlight "because it makes me feel like I can be president."

More than 1,000 children from Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana and Nigeria have been helped by the choir program since it began nearly 30 years ago.

The choir members get to tour internationally, having new experiences and receiving an education.

Moses, nine, is one of the film's stars. "(The) tour will change my life because I get to study more so that I can become what I want to be when I grow up," he says.

Many of the children are orphans or have lost close family members as a result of war and illness.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

•     The African Children's Choir helps vulnerable children

•     The choir has toured the world, earning the children money and a better education

•     The troupe are the subject of new documentary "Imba Means Sing"

•     Past choir members have gone on to become lawyers, doctors and teachers

Angel may be in a foreign country without her family, but the eight-year-old Ugandan certainly isn't shy. "I like being on camera," she says. "I like it because it makes me feel like I can be president."

Angel is a member of the African Children's Choir, which is currently touring the United States, and she's on camera because the choir is the subject of a remarkable new documentary "Imba Means Sing."

The film shares the experiences of Angel, Moses and the rest of the choir, in five countries over two years.

Armed with incredible smiles, these children make you believe they've got the whole world in their hands.

 Almost all the kids come from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, and by traveling with the choir most of these children are getting an opportunity not only for a great education but also to be the main bread winners in their families.