Helmut Lotti in Windhoek

WORLD-FAMOUS singer and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Helmut Lotti is in Namibia to raise money for the UN children’s fund.

He has been a goodwill ambassador since 1996 and has raised US$533 903 for HIV-AIDS projects in Namibia by holding concerts in Europe since 2002. In 2003 he came to Namibia on a field trip to visit various HIV-AIDS projects supported by Unicef.Lotti will perform at a benefit concert in Windhoek on Saturday and hopes to raise N$50 000 for UNICEF.He will also be giving a private concert organised by Leading Lodges of Africa, which is responsible for bringing Lotti to Namibia.He will return to the country in April on another field trip with UNICEF.Lotti says when UNICEF approached him in 1996 to become a goodwill ambassador, he jumped at the chance.”If you are in a position to do good for other people you should do it,” he said.Being a goodwill ambassador allows him to help people who were not fortunate enough to be born in a rich country.He also emphasises that anybody could get HIV-AIDS and that people who have the illness are just ordinary people who got sick.He says he loves Namibia and is very pleased to be able to give his first concert here.He is accompanied by a 22-member orchestra.In 2003 he came to Namibia on a field trip to visit various HIV-AIDS projects supported by Unicef.Lotti will perform at a benefit concert in Windhoek on Saturday and hopes to raise N$50 000 for UNICEF.He will also be giving a private concert organised by Leading Lodges of Africa, which is responsible for bringing Lotti to Namibia.He will return to the country in April on another field trip with UNICEF.Lotti says when UNICEF approached him in 1996 to become a goodwill ambassador, he jumped at the chance.”If you are in a position to do good for other people you should do it,” he said.Being a goodwill ambassador allows him to help people who were not fortunate enough to be born in a rich country.He also emphasises that anybody could get HIV-AIDS and that people who have the illness are just ordinary people who got sick.He says he loves Namibia and is very pleased to be able to give his first concert here.He is accompanied by a 22-member orchestra.