O sport promotes fun, socialization and exciting the masses. But its role goes far beyond entertainment and sociocultural training. O football club, for example, exerts a solidarity function on and off the fields.
Many events show the solidarity work of internationally renowned athletes such as players Messi and the french Mbappé. The Paris Saint-Germain winger donated the equivalent of R $ 126 thousand to mobilize a search team for Argentine Emiliano Sala and the pilot, David Ibbotson.
Sala and the pilot recently died in a plane crash over the English Channel, in England.
More solidarity actions in the sporting world
Frenchman Mbappé was one of the highlights of the 2018 World Cup, held in Russia. At 20 years old, the athlete surprises people on and off the field, where he demonstrates his generosity by helping with social causes.
At the end of Cup, the player Donated the full amount of your prize (almost R$1,9 million) in support of French foundations, which care for more than three thousand children. See other similar cases of actions by athletes, who used generosity to overcome the difficulties experienced by those most in need.
Mesut Özil and his donation to Brazilian children
During the 2014 World Cup, held in Brazil, the German team (even with the 7×1 victory over the Canarian team) won the sympathy of Brazilians.
Mesut Özil was one of the players who was most sensitive to the situation of a group of needy children. Then, the athlete donated his prize – equivalent to R$1 million – to pay for surgeries for 23 children. When making the donation, the German said it was a “personal thank you for the Brazilian hospitality”.
Messi and the Leo Messi Foundation
Argentine Lionel Messi, chosen five times as the best player in the world by FIFA, is responsible for creating the Leo Messi Foundation. The institution was created in 2007, in Argentina, with the aim of developing projects that promote access to education, health and sports, aimed at children and adolescents.
From 2018 onwards, the Leo Messi Foundation started to promote the campaign #Paralosvalientes, which seeks to collect 30 milhões de euros destined for the construction of the largest pediatric oncology center at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, in Barcelona.
With the donation, it is expected to increase the number of cures for childhood cancer, supported by the development of research.
Leo Messi Foundation has support from Sportlink
In 2015 the Sports link, a company specializing in the manufacture of synthetic grass, started a partnership with the Leo Messi Foundation. Therefore, the negotiation involved the project to revitalize the lawn of a field in the community of Chandelier, neighborhood on the outskirts of Salvador (BA).
The project benefited more than 3 thousand children directly and, from that, the Sports link supports all of the institution's social projects that require synthetic sports grass solutions.
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