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French
football legend promoting charity work in Ghana
Ayenya (GAR), Sept. 10, GNA – Mr Marcel Desailly, football
legend and member of the Laureus World Sports Academy, on
Thursday underscored the need for concerted efforts to end
the deprivation facing children from poor homes.
Mr
Desailly, former Captain of the French national football
Team said even though elimination of poverty was impossible,
it could be minimised through global pooling of resources.
He was speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Ayenya in the
Dangme West District in the Greater Accra Region, where the
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, an organization using
sports to bring change to deprived children, is sponsoring
the sports programme of OrphanAid Africa Relief Project.
He expressed his commitment to partner with institutions
that are taking care of vulnerable children in Ghana to
ensure that they realise their full potentials in life.
Touching on sports, Mr Desailly said it was a tool, which
made children to become creative and develop well.
Mr Edwin Moses, Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy
said the Foundation was pleased with what OrphanAid Africa
had done so far for deprived children in the country and
pledged continuous support to the organisation.
Mr Moses, who was the 1976 and 1984 Olympic 400 metre-hurdle
champion and two times Olympic Gold Medallist, said in view
of the project’s success with OrphanAid, the Foundation was
planning to extend it to other parts of the country.
Currently, 138 children are benefiting from relief
interventions by OrphanAid Africa.
The OphanAid Africa had also helped to provide a school,
water and toilet facilities for the Ayenya community.
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