Bill Gates: "The FC Barcelona believes in the social causes"
Bill Gates: "The FC Barcelona believes in the social causes"
Published:16/12/2015 - 10:23h
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A delegation of the FC Barcelona formed by the president Josep Maria Bartomeu, the vice-president Jordi Cardoner and the players of the first team, Burn Turan and Aleix Vidal, gathered this Wednesday with Bill Gates to value the work made for combating the poverty
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Jordi Cardoner, Burn Turan, Bill Gates, Aleix Vidal and Josep Maria Bartomeu participated this Wednesday in an act that has taken place between the foundations of the FC Barcelona and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to analyse the works that are making jointly with the aim to combat the extreme poverty in the world. The meeting, defined like "the most important event of the social diary of the FC Barcelona" in the context of the World-wide of Clubs 2015, had like aim carry out politics of awareness on the extreme poverty that suffer at present roughly of 700 million people around the world.
"With the FC Barcelona work around some of the big social causes of the world. For example, put end to the polio or help to improve the salut of the boys. And, like the FC Barcelona believes in these causes, are some big partners. The digital platforms of the different teams and of the players help us to spread these good news and our comprimiso in these causes; this says a lot of the values of the team", expressed Bill Gates.
By his part, the president of the FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, commented that "like club, is an honour have an agreement with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is an entity that is carrying out a lot of projects around the world to help to which more need it and that are associated is a reason of pride and satisfaction".
"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also shares the values of the FC Barcelona". Burn Turan and Aleix Vidal, that could not train beside the rest of the team in the Stadium of Yokohama so that the Barça do not risk to go in in confrontation with the FIFA, participated also in the act.
