Grammy-winning
singer Alicia Keys, left, touches a typhoon survivor as she visits the
Villamor Air Base in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines,
Monday Nov. 25, 2013. Keys visited the air force base to bring cheer to
hundreds of evacuees from eastern Philippine provinces wracked by
Typhoon Haiyan earlier this month.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Grammy-winning singer
Alicia Keys visited a Philippine air force base Monday to bring cheer to
hundreds of evacuees from eastern provinces wracked by Typhoon Haiyan.
The American singer distributed crayons and
coloring books to children at the Villamor Air Base grandstand, where
evacuees from eastern Leyte and Samar provinces arrive via C-130 planes.
Social Welfare Department officer Jane Abello says Keys stayed for
about half an hour to chat with evacuees.
The R&B star was in Manila for a concert Monday at the seaside
MOA Arena. The Philippine Star earlier quoted her as saying that "music
has a way of lifting your spirit and that's what I hope to do for the
Filipino people."
Keys tweeted three days after the Nov. 8 typhoon:
"To the people of the Philippines my heart is with you." She also
encouraged fans around the world to donate to the typhoon victims.
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