Don Moen, Food For The Poor team up to build homes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
05/20/11

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 20, 2011) –Christian music artist Don Moen is sharing his talents with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor so that homes can be built for those who have no shelter. His upcoming six-city Canadian tour will kick off on May 30.

Christian music artist Don Moen walks through a tent city near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in July 2010.

This isn’t the first time the artist has collaborated with the charity. In 2004, he traveled to Jamaica and was moved to partner on homebuilding. Then in 2010, after the earthquake in Haiti, he visited Port-au-Prince and an area in Cap-Haitien called Shada, and came back to the United States inspired to change lives.

"I've seen firsthand the work being done through Food For The Poor bringing hope, comfort, and encouragement in tangible ways to those who need it so desperately,” said Moen, a singer, songwriter and worship leader. “I'll never forget the look on the faces of the people who were given keys to a new home and a new life, thanks to Food For The Poor."

Since the earthquake, Food For The Poor has built more than 2,000 permanent two-room homes in Haiti. With more than 800,000 people still living in tents and other temporary structures, the need remains great. Food For The Poor can build a house in Haiti for $3,200.

“God has given Don Moen a great talent for singing and songwriting, and Food For The Poor is blessed that he has chosen to help us in our mission,” said Samantha Mahfood, Executive Director of Food For The Poor Canada. “We hope to be able to build many more homes as a result of this partnership.”

For more information and ticket outlets, go to www.UniteProductions.com.

Food For The Poor, the third-largest international relief and development organization in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor.

For more information, please visit www.FoodForThePoor.org.