Germany’s defender Antonio Rudiger has agreed to donate a portion of his World Cup winnings to help Sierra Leonean children receive life-saving surgeries. With the World Cup fast approaching, Real Madrid centre-back of African origins says his contributions to a charity are a “matter of honour” and that he would “like to implement many more projects in Sierra Leone.”Antonio Rudiger in Sierra Leone working with his charity to help the young people of the country. Great to see that he is dedicating his time to such a great cause. pic.twitter.com/q9yojKTKds— Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) January 26, 2022 The former Chelsea defender, who established The Antonio Rudiger Foundation For Sierra Leone in January, has long helped fund procedures to help financially disadvantaged children in his second home.The young children are from Lunsar, a town in Sierra Leone, where Rudiger’s mother is from.’We were having a barbecue, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and it was Carlo Ancelotti’The children suffer from congenital clubfoot, a congenital disability that affects about one to four of every 1,000 babies globally.Patients sometimes have to use crutches for the rest of their lives, but they also become socially isolated, face bullying at school, and have little chance of finding work and leading an everyday life afterwards.”It hurts to see the circumstances in which children in Sierra Leone are growing up,” explained Rudiger, who is happy when he receives the news that the operations have gone well.”During surgery, the misalignment is corrected before the patients are finally able to walk and participate in social life, after several months of follow-up treatment,” he added.The Magnificient African Seven embellish Germany’s World Cup squadThe former Chelsea defender is preparing for Germany’s World Cup campaign that will see his team face Costa Rica, Japan and Spain in the group stage. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6824719##
