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Danish aid worker, Anja Rinngren Loven took to her official Facebook page to share photos of Hope and other children at DINN /ACAEDF Childrens Home in Akwa Ibom, all clad in signed football shirts donated by various individuals including a Norway police officer, professional football players around the world and European football clubs. Read the post after the cut.
“Bjorn Druglimo, a police officer from Norway read the story of Hope and was like the rest of the world moved to tears. He started to collect football shirts to Hope and all our children at DINN /ACAEDF Childrens Home here in Nigeria
Bjorn received more than 100 football shirts from so many football clubs and professional football players in Europe. To mention a few the Norwegian Football Association (NFF) donated 5 national football shirts 🇳🇴⚽️ The Norwegian football manager of the Danish football club FC Copenhagen, Ståle Solbakken also joined the project and sponsored football shirts to the children. The Norwegian national female football player Emilie Bosshard Haavi also donated a signed football shirt with a personal greeting to Hope
The Danish Football Union ( DBU ) donated a football t-shirt signed by all the Danish national football players.
One of the biggest football talents in Europe, Martin Odegaard playing for Real Madrid donated his Real Madrid shirt with his signature.
And among Norwegian clubs Mjøndalen IF, Meldal FK and Orkla football club donated a lot of football shirts for the children
Football is the most popular sport throughout Africa. Football brings children together, football create teamwork, and teach children important life lessons about hard work, dedication and relying on others. And more importantly, in Africa and in all the developing countries in the world football help to keep children off the streets and away from drugs and violence.
At DINN/ACAEDF Childrens Home here in Nigeria the children plays football everyday! Throughout the life of a child, football and play can be valuable tools to promote health and prevent disease.
Through football children explore and invent. They develop social skills and learn to express their emotions. Football is also a tool we use for our children in the process of working with their trouble past. And now we are so lucky to receive so many football shirts ! The children, staff, David Emmanuel Umem and I are so grateful for this amazing gift! Thank you Bjørn and thank you to all the football clubs and players. We are forever grateful”
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