In Y2K I took up the cause of the world's children by becoming a UNICEF Canada Special Representative. I know the joy and meaning that music can bring to people the world over and felt that if, through my music and my career, I can inspire others to help children in need, I will feel very proud.

In January 2001 I experienced my first UNICEF field visit, seeing first-hand how a community in Kibera, near Nairobi, Kenya, is coping with the HIV/AIDS pandemic. I visited a health centre, a school for 400 children - mainly orphaned by AIDS - and a home-based care programme for AIDS patients. HIV/AIDS is the greatest cause of mortality (600 Kenyans a day die of AIDS-related illness), morbidity, and social/economic instability in Kenya. During this visit I was inspired to write the song, Kibera, that appears on my album, "Roch Voisine".

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