Liverpool’s famous simple striker Sadio Mane scored points with an extremely meaningful action. Specifically, he donated 500,000 pounds to the Senegal government to build a hospital in his hometown of Bambali (Senegal).
It should be known that the village where Mane was born and grew up has never been equipped with essential medical services. At the age of 7, Mane had to witness the death of his father because of this deprivation. At that time, Mane’s father suddenly had a stomach ache and he passed away due to not being taken to the emergency room in time.
This is information once revealed by Mane himself in a documentary produced in Senegal. When asked to share about his father, the former striker of Souhthampton Club revealed: “I remember at that time my father had a stomach ache, but there was no hospital around the area where he lived.”
“That’s why my family had to try to treat him with traditional remedies. When they saw that his condition did not improve, people took my father to the next village and he died there. there”.
“At that time, there were many people rebelling, making the security situation so unstable that we couldn’t bring my father home. So they had to bury him right there, and this still haunts me.” now,” Mane concluded.
With the desire to prevent sad stories like the above from continuing to happen, Mane recently had a meeting with Senegal President Macky Sall. During this meeting, Mane presented his wish to build a hospital in his hometown and was approved. Regarding funding, the 29-year-old player has donated up to half a million pounds.
Notably, this is not the first time Mane has shown his generosity by donating a large sum of money to build his homeland. Previously, he donated 250,000 pounds to the Bambali government to build a local school.