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Right To Play is a registered charity in England and Wales, charity no. 1112404.
Please donate online by following the link above (through Charity Choice) or send a cheque made payable to "Right To Play UK" to:
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Chelsea FC, with Michael Essien, on first African visit with Right To Play
Players to see firsthand how sport is used as a tool for development
Chelsea Football Club recently embarked on its first humanitarian visit to Africa with its Global Charity Partner Right To Play to learn about the important role sport is playing in furthering development, health and peace in Ghana. Manager Jose Mourinho, Ghanaian-born Chelsea FC 'Player of the Year' Michael Essien, andseveral young players, including Seth Nan Ofori-Twanmasi, also with Ghanaian |
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roots, arrived in Ghana for the 4 day trip |
Michael Essien with local kids and coaches |
to visit projects run by Right To Play.
'As a Chelsea and Ghana player it is great to make a commitment to helping children in Africa and other areas of the world. I am particularly looking forward to getting involved in my home country,' said Essien, one of the Chelsea/Right To Play Athlete Ambassadors.
'Everyone at the club is fully behind the work of Right To Play and we are all proud to support them,' said Mourinho. He added: 'Sport, particularly football, has a certain power. It is a world language, something where cultural difference does not matter. Because it is the world language you can reach everybody and if you have a big status in a game you have a big responsibility to use that power properly. And what better way to use it than for kids around the world to be healthier, fitter, fight disease, war and poverty. Football can and should help wit this. It also reminds you that there are more important things than football.'
'As a Chelsea and Ghana player it is great to make a commitment to helping children in africa and other areas of the world. I am particularly looking forward to getting involved in my home country;'
Michael Essien, Right To Play Athlete Ambassador
The visit is the first major initiative in the six-year partnership announced between Chelsea and Right To Play in January 2007.
Ben Pegna, Right To Play UK's Sports Relations Manager kept a diary whilst in Ghana with Chelsea Football Club. Catch up on the inside story here.
