Last Friday, Kris Allen went to Port-au-Prince, Haiti with the CEO of the United Nations Foundation, Kathy Calvin, to witness the impact of the work being done by the UN to help Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that hit in January. The American Idol winner will show footage from his trip and perform Let It Be on tonights live results show. At this time, Kris will help kick off Idol Gives Back with the UN Foundation, one of the shows charities, and encourage people to donate to help Haiti.
In the past, Kris has taken part in mission trips, and he said that hes noticed in times of devastation, people pull together. I think people were hurt by [the earthquake] and everyone was affected by that, but I think you could see, especially the way the UN was helping, the smiles on the kids faces they know that everything is going to be okay. It is going to take a long time, but everything is going to be hopefully better than it was.
A lasting memory Kris took with him was when he went into the womens tent and visited with the mothers and their babies. I got to sing a song for them and hold a couple of babiesIt was a really cool experience. The Idol winner saw some shocking things. There were buildings down all over the place, people living in tiny little tents that are blazing hot six or seven to a family. It was a pretty rough experience for them.
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