Five Orphans Project started in Nokesville

The organizers are from Nokesville, and the event will be in Bristow, but a concert Saturday will be all about Sudan.

It's the first fundraiser for the Five Orphans Project, a nonprofit started by actor and Nokesville native Drew Taylor and his father, Ken, pastor of Bristow Assembly of God Church.

5OP aims to bring clean water, food, shelter, clothing, medical access and education to orphans in developing nations. The Taylors are also working on a documentary that will also be called "Five Orphans Project."

Saturday's event will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at Bristow Assembly of God, 11804 Nokesville Road.

A free will offering collected at the show will help bring water and shelter to an area in need in Sudan, Drew Taylor said in a telephone interview from California, where he lives.

He said his organization is trying to raise $20,000 to build a well. All donations Saturday will benefit the Friends of Sudan Water Project.

"The major project is just to get the water in there to these people," Taylor said.

Saturday's entertainment will be provided by the Horn Family Band, a praise-and-worship group.

Taylor said he hopes to follow the concert with a fundraiser in California and then another somewhere back here in the Washington area.

For more information, see 5op.org.

Staff writer Jonathan Hunley can be reached at 703-369-5738.