Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has donated 500,000 euros to the Garrahan Foundation to help the fight against coronavirus in his homeland.
Through his own Foundation, Messi has joined the campaign titled 'Juntos por la Salud Argentina' in order to help buy PPE for medical professionals and material to aid the battle against Covid-19.
So far, the money has been distributed across six Argentine hospitals in Santa Fe, Rosario, Cañuelas, San Martín and Buenos Aires.
"We are very grateful for the recognition towards our work which allows us to continue with our commitment to public health in Argentina," said the doctor Silvia Kassab, the executive director of the Garrahan Foundation.
Messi had previously made a 500,000 euro donation to the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona earlier in the pandemic.
Abhijai19
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Messi donated the most out of any sports person on the planet. 1 Million euros before , 70% wage cut , fundraising worth 450,000 euros , 400,000 for the staff of Barcelona and now 500,000 euros for Argentina apart from all his owned restaurants serving free food till the pandemic and meals for 5,00,000 people. While his business ventures gave a 12% donation of an estimated 7 Million earnings. Setting an example. The following picture is a joke and if it offends you , I'm sorry but I don't care[Crylaugh]
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Messi doesn't need to showcase or advertise Pants before he is been noticed
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Old lady trying to see if he can bring another Goat to Juventus.... She be like: "Ohh this is awesome can't wait to have him soon"🐐😊
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Goat For A Reason
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If donating charity was an scoring game , Messi and Ronaldo will the RonaldoMessi of it 🐐🐐