Wold choir set up to support fight against AIDS in Africa

Singers from 196 countries, including Moldova, came together to form a world choir and sang the symphonic version of The Beatles' All You Need Is Love in support of the fight against AIDS in Africa on December 7 at 15.30, Chisinau time. The performance was broadcast live. The event will enter the Guinness Book of World Records, Info-Prim Neo reports. Veaceslav Cebotari, director of the company Starbucks, said the charity event was part of a larger joint project of Starbucks International and the RED, which aims to support the activities of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa. The event will last for a year, time during which everyone can access the company's website www.StarbucksLoveProject.com and sing this song. The voices will be gathered together in the world choir. 5 cents are added to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa for every performance. “A lot of money is expected to be collected and millions of lives will be saved,” Veaceslav Cebotari said. The choir in Moldova included Geta Burlacu, Olia Tira, Nikolai Kovalyov, the singers of the bands Snails, Gandul Matei and others. “It is a great event. We do a good thing as we protest against this global diseases, AIDS,”said Nicu Tarna, of Gandul Matei. “If at least one person will be helped and will gain hope and love for life, our intention deserved the effort,” said Geta Burlacu. More than 3 million dollars was to be collected on the first day of the campaign. This money will be used to prevent the spread of the disease and treat the HIV-infected people in African countries. The event will be registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as manifestation of mass conscience and for the nobleness of the idea. A similar event took place in 1967, when more than 400 million people from 26 countries came together for an unprecedented action that was broadcast live for the first time. The Beatles sang their All You Need Is Love. It was a moment that marked the appearance of a new era of mankind unification and triumph of the conscience.