Marcus Rashford fights for the needy to have food

Failing to be able to play football, Marcus Rashford has used confinement to advance fights that are particularly close to his heart. The Manchester United English international has started to collaborate actively with FareShare, which fights against food waste and malnutrition, whose aim is to allow children deprived of canteen meals by closing schools during the Covid epidemic. 19 to eat.

Three million meals for vulnerable people

A goal that speaks to Rashford, who told of having benefited from this type of help when he was a child raised by a single mother, who worked long days to make sure to have at least one meal before dinner. Friday, the attacker announced great news: he managed to raise the necessary funds to allow the FareShare association to serve 3 million meals to disadvantaged people.

"I have great news, guys! Our goal was that by the end of June FareShare would be able to provide 3 million meals to vulnerable people across the UK. Today we have achieved this goal, ”wrote the player on his Twitter account.

Guys, I have AMAZING news !! 😬😬😬 We had a goal that by end of June @fareshareuk would be able to supply 3million meals to vulnerable people across the UK. TODAY we have met the financial goal to provide these meals. Thank you all SO much for the support (1)

He launched a first campaign via his Twitter account and social networks in early April, raising 134,000 pounds (150,000 euros), an amount he had raised to 400,000 pounds (nearly 450,000 euros) from his own money. His initiative had been widely welcomed, especially since it had been launched in the midst of a controversy over the players' refusal to lower their salaries to help their clubs in the face of the crisis.

Rashford then set itself the goal of managing to finance 3 million meals before the end of June, thanks to food or financial donations, which represented a little more than 20 million euros. "Trust me if I tell you that I will not stop fighting until any child in the UK has to wonder where their next meal will come from," added the 22-year-old Mancunian.

“Can we not all agree that no child should be hungry? "

The proof as of Sunday, with the publication of a (long) open letter in which it asks the English government to reconsider its decision not to provide free food vouchers for schoolchildren during the summer, while schools and their kitchen open again.

"The system is not designed for families like mine to succeed," writes the player. My story is far too common for many English families. (…) Listen to the stories of the parents of these children, as I listened to them. In recent weeks, fathers have told me how they are fighting depression, unable to sleep because they wonder how they will be able to feed their children after losing their jobs. "

"Protecting the lives of the most vulnerable must be a top priority," he asserts. We are not talking about politics but humanity. Can we not all agree that no child should be hungry? "

Marcus Rashford's open letter to MPs in a plea to extend the food voucher scheme for kids 💌 pic.twitter.com/qb45RAvgMO

"Without the kindness and generosity of the community, there would not be before you the Marcus Rashford that you see today: a young black man of 22 years lucky enough to make a career in the sport that I love" , he reminds. About 1.3 million children are eligible for free school meals in England, and some 200,000 children had to skip meals during confinement, according to the BBC. 

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