{"id":19434,"date":"2014-05-19T08:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=19434"},"modified":"2014-05-19T08:52:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:52:32","slug":"drogba-donates-1-million-euros-to-turkish-disaster-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/drogba-donates-1-million-euros-to-turkish-disaster-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Drogba donates 1 million euros to Turkish disaster victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
Galatasaray<\/a>\u00a0attacker\u00a0Didier Drogba<\/a>\u00a0has donated \u20ac1 million to the families of the victims of the mining disaster in Soma, Turkey.<\/p>\n The Istanbul giants’ players wore helmets ahead of their league game against Kayseri Erciyesspor at the weekend to show their support and the Cote d’Ivoire international has gone one step further in his role as U.N. ambassador.<\/p>\n “I am a U.N. ambassador of goodwill and I will do all that I can to help the people in Soma,” Drogba told reporters.<\/p>\n “But I don\u2019t want anyone to use my name. I\u2019m not someone who will promote himself in such issues. I don\u2019t need this sort of a self-promotion.”<\/p>\n On May 13 an explosion at a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, caused an underground mine fire, which burned until 15 May.<\/p>\n In total, 301 people were killed in what was the worst mine disaster in Turkey’s history<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Goal.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Galatasaray\u00a0attacker\u00a0Didier Drogba\u00a0has donated \u20ac1 million to the families of the victims of the mining disaster in Soma, Turkey. The Istanbul giants’ players wore helmets ahead of their league game against Kayseri Erciyesspor at the weekend to show their support and the Cote d’Ivoire international has gone one step further in his role as U.N. ambassador. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[694,29,239,3],"yoast_head":"\n