DIDIER DROGBA, AFRICAN SYMBOL OF
PEACE, EXCELLENCE AND SOCCER
Tebily Didier Drogba, who was born on 11 March 1978, is an Ivorian
professional footballer. Drogba, who made a tremendous mark in his football
career at Chelsea FC, currently plays for GALATASARAY FC. He is married to Diakite
Lalla, a Malian woman, with three children, is an African symbol of peace,
excellence and soccer. It is not a surprise that Drogba is one of the first
African celebrities who started following African symbol on twitter over one
year ago (@africasymbol.)
Apart from Drogba’s passion for football, he has a great passion
for the peace of African and charity. Drogba is credited with playing a vital
role in bringing a lasting peace to his country. After Ivory Coast qualified
for the 2006 world cup, Drogba made a desperate plea to the combatants in his
country, asking then to lay down their arms; a plea which was answered with a cease
fire after five years of civil war.
Drogba later helped move an African Cup of Nations qualifier to
the rebel stronghold of Bouake; a move that helped confirm the peace process. On
24th January 2007, Drogba was appointed by the United Nation
Development Program UNDP as a Goodwill Ambassador. In September 2011, Drogba
joined the Truth, Reconciliation and Dialogue commission as a representative to
help return peace to his home nation. His involvement in the peace process led
to Drogba being named as one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time
magazine for 2010.
Drogba’s charity work continued when in late 2009 when he donated
the E3million, sign on fee of his Pepsi endorsement for the construction of a
hospital in his hometown of Abidjan. This move also motivated his club Chelsea
FC to donate its share of the deal toward Didier Drogba foundation, hospital
project. In his statement “I decided the foundation’s first project should be
to build and fund a hospital giving basic healthcare and a chance just to stay
alive”. In October 2010, Drogba’s first amateur club Levalloisian Sporting
club, named its stadium after the striker. The French club received a percentage
of the E24 million fee paid by Chelsea to Marseille in 2014, which allowed the
fourth Tier club to upgrade the facility.
In May 2012, Drogba was given the honor to carry the Olympic Flame
through Swindon as part of the London 2012 Olympics. Drogba, you have made your
mark in football and in promoting peace in African, we say keep doing the good
job until Africa becomes that peaceful continent of our dream. We love you.
AGOHA
OBED
Creator
African Symbol Of
Peace
and Excellence.
obeago4god@yahoo.co.uk
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