Hidetoshi Nakata Donate Soccer Balls to Children in Cambodia
World Food Programme has thanked Japanese football star Hidetoshi Nakata for donating soccer balls to Banteay Srei Primary School in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Nakata also visited the school last week with WFP, which provides hot meals to 830 students there.
Nakata retired after the World Cup in Germany this year, and since then has been traveling to different countries, including locations with people in need, to see the world in various perspectives.
“These soccer balls and WFP’s breakfast programme will make this school even more attractive for children to continue their education. I hope that one day, there will be a Cambodian Nakata who will reach international fame thanks to our school feeding programme,†said Thomas J. Keusters, WFP Country Director for Cambodia.
Cambodia has the second lowest rate of adult literacy in the Asia region. More than half of all students – some 55 percent – do not complete primary school.
Moreover 10 percent of boys and 16 percent of girls aged between 6 and 11 years are unable to attend school at all because they work to support their families, helping with household chores, or caring for sick and elderly family members.
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Troy22 says:
great, so now nakata becomes the saint
December 18th, 2006 at 6:54 am
Akira says:
whats wrong if nakata becomes the saint, at least he’s not being fatman like maradona.. lol
December 18th, 2006 at 9:24 am
Ken Griffey Shoes says:
Well written article, well researched and useful for me in the future.I am so happy you took the time and effort to make this. See you around
December 4th, 2011 at 2:48 am