African Children’s Choir Performs at OneXOne Benefit Hosted by Matt Damon

New York, NY – Recently, the African Children’s Choir made an appearance and performed at the annual OneXOne Foundation charity event in Toronto. Hosted by Academy Award™-winner Matt Damon the benefit also featured musical performances by Wyclef Jean and Shakira as well as special guests Ben Affleck, Richard Gere, The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Chief Phil Fontaine and Petra Nemcova who were honored for humanitarian efforts.

The African Children’s Choir was thrilled to lend their voices and talent at this event which demonstrated a commitment to preserving and improving the lives of children in Canada and around the world. While at the event, the choir performed on their own and with Wyclef Jean and also spent time recording a song for the film, Running the Sahara which premiered (for industry folks) at the Toronto Film Festival. The project is narrated by Damon and directed by Academy Award™-winner James Moll. The clip from the film featuring the choirs’ music was played at the OneXOne event and for more information on this documentary visit www.runningthesahara.com.

The African Children's Choir has been working with the most vulnerable children in Africa for 23 years raising awareness of the plight of the orphaned and abandoned, but also showing the beauty, dignity and potential of the African child. They perform throughout the world bringing hope and joy to everyone they meet while shining the spotlight on the plight of children in Africa. The African Children’s Choir, with a focus on education, is currently caring for several thousand underprivileged children throughout Africa. These are children who could have lost all hope, but have overcome their circumstances and now are making a positive impact on society by being a voice for millions of children suffering in Africa.

For more information visit www.africanchildrenschoir.com