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Xavi donates personal yacht to charity in order to help refugee crisis in Europe (soccer star)
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | 8/2/2016 | Jonathan Spencer For Mailonline

Posted on 08/11/2016 5:09:25 AM PDT by simpson96

Xavi has donated his personal yacht to a non-government charity organisation in order to help refugees travelling across the Mediterranean Sea.

The ex-Barcelona midfielder gave his vessel to Proactiva Open Arms. The yacht is to be auctioned off to raise funds to help the POA continue with their rescue work.

The POA, from Barcelona, works along the Greek coast in Lesvos and it covers 17 kilometres by land and sea.

'The soccer player Xavi Hernandez collaborates with Proactiva Open Arms with the donation of a recreational craft to be auctioned in the near future,' the charity said via their social media channels Twitter and Facebook.

'He was introduced to our work a while ago and decided to donate his yacht to obtain more resources in order to ensure the permanence of the mission.

'Thank you, Xavi, gestures like yours, will save many lives.'

The Barcelona legend, who now plays his football in Qatar for Al Sadd,

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1 posted on 08/11/2016 5:09:25 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96
From the article: 'Thank you, Xavi, gestures like yours, will save many lives.' Perhaps a little premature to call his gesture an act that saves lives.
2 posted on 08/11/2016 5:13:41 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: MarDav

Keep the boat, hire someone to take the “refugees” back home to their islamic paradise.


3 posted on 08/11/2016 5:18:32 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !! Kill FACEBOOK !! Free MILO !!)
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To: simpson96

Why not open your manion and let some live there?


4 posted on 08/11/2016 5:24:46 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: Right Wing Assault

I see that he’s playing his soccer in Qatar. Maybe the lives he’s saved are his and his family’s.


5 posted on 08/11/2016 5:27:40 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: simpson96

“The two best days with any boat are the day you get it, and the day you get rid of it.”


6 posted on 08/11/2016 5:34:20 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: simpson96
The Barcelona legend, who now plays his football in Qatar for Al Sadd,

Ah, now it makes sense.

7 posted on 08/11/2016 5:43:43 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Warning: This post has little to do with reality, and nothing to do with polite society.)
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To: simpson96

I wonder if this fool will also take a couple hundred of these invaders and put them up in his mansion.


8 posted on 08/11/2016 6:24:26 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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