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Didier Drogba

Former Ivorian football star, Didier Drogba through his foundation, has recently established a school in the Ivory Coast targeted at enabling children in the village of Onahio Pokou-Kouamekro to have access to quality education.

The school is partly funded by Nestlé and the International Cocoa Initiative. The facility includes classrooms, a kindergarten, a canteen, latrines, a football field and accommodation facilities for teachers. It replaces an existing school in Pokou-Kouamekro which was made of mud and lacked the necessary infrastructure.

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Drogba has in the past announced plans to build a hospital in his hometown.

“ it is not beyond our power to create a World in which all children have access to a good education” @NelsonMandela

Proud of the opening of the first school from The Didier Drogba Foundation today in Côte d’Ivoire ?? the first one we built ???? pic.twitter.com/5bdbHreKLq

— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) January 17, 2018

Didier Drogba plays for American Club Phoenix Rising. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivorian national team.