Volunteering to serve food, meet refugee children, and teach children with disabilities footballing tricks, Wolverhampton Wanderers Muslim wing Adama Traore had a busy Ramadan this year.
The details of the Spanish international’s volunteering during the holy month have been revealed in a new Wolves Foundation documentary titled “Adama Traore: The Holy Month”.
“It does not matter if you are Muslim or not Muslim, we are all from the same place,” he says in the documentary, Express & Star reported.
“What the most important thing is that we love each other.”
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Adama helped build shelves at the Central Community Shop and also serve food at the Good Shepherd Ministry homeless project in Wolverhampton.
He also met child immigrants and refugees who are living in hotels throughout the city for safe refuge, sharing his own story.
21st Century Muslim
Adama said he was trying to educate teammates and people he meets outside football about what it means to be a Muslim in the 21st Century.
“It is a blessing to be in my position and I think I have the responsibility to try and explain what it is being a Muslim,” he said.
“A lot of people do not know what it means to be a Muslim, in life there is the person and the religion and it is important to separate the two.”
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A spokesman for the Wolves Foundation, the club’s charitable arm, hailed Adama’s efforts, saying: “During Ramadan, Adama made a number of visits to Wolves Foundation projects and partners.
“From serving food to the homeless, to donating gifts to refugees, it was brilliant to see the star giving back to the community.”
Several Muslim athletes have been known for their charity efforts all through the year.
Last year, Bayern Munich star Sadio Mane won the Socrates Award which acknowledged his charity work in his native Senegal.
Liverpool super star Mohamed Salah also ranked eighth on the Sunday Times Giving List for 2022.