Mesut Ozil Donates $100,000 to Help Those in Need in Ramadan
According to the report by Anadolu Agency, the donation will be used to provide iftar – the evening meal to break the daily fast during the month – to 16,000 people in Turkey.
Families in Turkey and Syria will receive 2,000 food packages through Ozil’s donation, while 90,000 iftar packages will be distributed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
Kerem Kinik, head of the Turkish Red Crescent, thanked the London-based footballer for the donation.
“We will deliver the packages provided with the donation of my brother Mesut to people in need as soon as possible,” he said.
Ozil has been one of Arsenal's highest earning players after signing fromReal Madrid for £42.5million six years ago.
And the devout Muslim secretly pays for 1,000 kids’ operations and feeds 100,000 homeless people.
