UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, David Beckham travels to Africa to help children suffering from HIV

As a father of four, Beckham said it was hard to hear the children's stories about the daily challenges they face, which are now being made so much worse by a devastating drought.

Swaziland has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, and the devastating drought is only making things worse.

Beckham, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, said the African children he interacted with were the same age as his own kids.

According to him, children in Swaziland had one or both of their parents die from HIV/AIDS. Some of the kids also carry the deadly disease, as reported by Belfast Telegraph.

To help these impoverished children, Beckham founded a special project called 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund last year. The 7 Fund, which marks Beckham's 10^th year as one of UNICEF's goodwill ambassadors, aims to help children in dire need of resources.

Beckham, 41, said he launched 7 Fund because he wishes to "build a safer world for children" especially those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Belfast Telegraph noted. He had through his Instagram account, urged the international community to help him provide food, medicine and clean water to those desperate kids.

Leila Gharagozloo-Pakkala, UNICEF's regional director for eastern and southern Africa, said the drought that has swept the region during the past two years has negatively impacted harvests and water resources. HIV-affected communities are susceptible to the scarce food supply, malnutrition and low income, with 26 million children likely to die from hunger according to UNICEF.