Diego Maradona was moved to recall his childhood in poverty in a video that he sent to a non-profit organization that distributes food to poor neighborhoods in Argentina and asked them, on the verge of tears, to "help people eat "

"Here we are, to Solidarity Hearts , all my love, all my tenderness, all the love of my old woman. Help, help people eat. Mine is not a show, because I spent it. I spent in Fiorito more than cold "says the 1986 world champion in Mexico in the video.

The now Gymnastics and Fencing coach La Plata could not contain his emotion and ended the short video on the verge of tears.

"I contacted Diego to tell him if he could give us a hand to ask people to collaborate and thus continue cooking. He immediately joined in with the idea and was really excited. And he is going to make a donation," he told the newspaper. Olé Verónica Miele, one of the promoters of the organization that cooks and distributes food.

Miele explained that Corazones Solidarios is looking for "people who want to cook and people who can donate trays" to place and distribute food.

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"Thank you very much Maradona for taking the time to help us and support us. We are a great team. We are waiting for you," was the message from the organization that accompanied the video published on social networks.

"We did not want to stop feeding people, because the reality is that there is a lot of hunger. We form a group of residents from each neighborhood, today we are 300 neighbors. We have the NGO Proyectar, which supports us because we have just started. The reality is that more and more dining rooms are registered, more people, "explained Miele.

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