Arsenal participant Bukayo Saka teamed up with charity group BigShoe to fund lodging for 26 households displaced by the earthquake in Türkiye.
“Anyone who has a roof over their head can consider themselves lucky. From one day to another, the catastrophe took away everything those people had, through no fault of their own. To be able to help and give something back, means a lot to me,” Saka informed the BigShoe Foundation.
BigShoe, a non-governmental group primarily based in Johannesburg, is a worldwide rising community of soccer and sports activities followers, serving to poor kids with medical operations.
Several soccer gamers have labored with BigShoe to fund essential operations for youngsters world wide.
Mesut Ozil took over the prices of 11 kids throughout the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Up till Wednesday, Paul Pogba, Antonio Rudiger, Philipp Lahm, Oleksandr Zinchenko, and Bukayo Saka joined the BigShoe charity to assist kids along with sports activities.
“Many people lost their homes in the earthquake in Turkey. Together with BigShoe, the English international @BukayoSaka87 therefore financed accommodation for the victims: 26 affected families now live in a container – including bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms,” BigShoe tweeted.
More than 50,000 folks had been killed and over 107,200 injured in two highly effective earthquakes that rocked southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, based on the newest official figures.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 11 provinces, together with Kahramanmaras, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig, and Sanliurfa.
Saka, a pure Arsenal product, inked a brand new long-term contract in May.
The 21-year-old ahead helped the Gunners win the 2020 English FA Cup, and the FA Community Shield the identical 12 months.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
