Spanish-language singers Juan Luis Guerra, Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Vives and Andrés Calamaro, among others, take part in "Positive Generation," a musical project to help AIDS victims in Zimbabwe.
Performers in the disc, sponsored by Doctors Without Borders, were announced Thursday, World AIDS Day.
The disc is called "Positive Generation: Voices for a Future Without AIDS." The production features 15 songs created by support groups in Zimbabwe, and will raise funds to help the estimated million people who are infected with the virus in that country.
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Sanz, a judge in the reality show "La Voz México," invited his fans through his Twitter account to find out more about the project.
"I hope you like it. And please understand it, it's for a good cause, health," he wrote. "I'm a mercenary for social causes."
The song he performs is called "Enamórate del sueño." The disc can be acquired from iTunes for $15.
According to Doctors Without Borders, 14 percent of adults in Zimbawe are living with the HIV infection, about 150,000 children. The nation has the third largest infected population in Africa.
In all, the international organization said, 34 million people in Africa are infected with the AIDS virus, of which 3.4 million are children under the age of 15.
The project includes a CD/book, a documentary and the website. It was produced by the physicians' organization and by Sanz and fellow Spanish artists Antonio Carmona and Javier Limón. International musicians and performers contributed their work, including Guerra, Vives and Paula Fernandes (Brazil), as well as Zimbabwean Oliver TUKU Mtukudzi and Chiwoniso Maraire.
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