Thursday 24 May 2012

What Can I say? He going te be the best daddy in the world.


''I can’t believe a newborn baby lives in this place. It’s affecting me even more with the little one
in my wife’s tummy.'' Robbie Said


(Robbie said reading, Silently drops running down. children need us. Please, do whatever comes to your hand. Think of the children. I think of them every day. be a good person, a part of helping those in need. Put your hands in your heart. Think of them only once. do something for them!) 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4333055/Robbie-Williams-in-the-slums-of-Mexico-City.html

Robbie Williams for UNICEF
Moving moments ... father-to-be Robbie Williams with baby Kimberley in her babygrow
 

DAD-TO-BE Robbie Williams has been humbled by meeting some of the world’s poorest children.

He went to the slums of Mexico City to see how part of the £7.5million so far raised by Unicef-backed footie tourney Soccer Aid has been spent.
This year’s event, the fourth since it was dreamed up by Robbie and pal Jonathan Wilkes in 2004, is on Sunday at Old Trafford.
Players include Mark Owen, Olly Murs, Sun columnist Roy Keane, Gordon Ramsay and James McAvoy.
Robbie, whose wife Ayda Field is expecting their first child, was left brimming with emotion after his trip. Here, he shares his moving diary with Sun readers.

I’VE performed in Mexico in the past and it’s always been a place I’ve wanted to know more about and go back to with Unicef.
Being a Unicef Ambassador I’ve been privileged to meet some of the children Soccer Aid has helped: Children orphaned by Aids in South Africa, those affected by the terrible earthquake in Haiti in 2010 — and now some of Mexico City’s most vulnerable little ones.

Robbie Williams for UNICEF
Rapport ... Robbie with Kimberley in Mexico City's slums

I feel a bit apprehensive once touching down.
It’s always a bit tense on arrival into these locations. You want to do a good job but it’s sometimes really hard to see how tough the children have it.
Johnny is with me. It will be good to share this with him as he has put so much into Soccer Aid.
First off I meet a mum called Aidee who has come back to show us where, until recently, she and her children were living on the streets in the centre of the city.
Two of her children, Hanna, ten, and five-year-old Josue are here too.
It’s hard for them and I try to make them laugh a bit with help from our translator.
I wish I spoke Spanish. Every year I plan to learn but it hasn’t happened yet!

Robbie Williams for UNICEF
Let's play ball ... Robbie with Angel and his sister Lluvia

They walk me down a really busy road with lots of makeshift tents and old furniture all over the place.
There’s a little boy weaving into the road and I want to run over and pull him away from the cars.
Hanna shows us the shack where she used to live.
Everywhere stinks of glue.
There are drug addicts wandering around off their heads, and seeing them near the kids is really bad.
It’s absolutely no place for a child. There are no toilets, there is no clean water.
One little boy is Ricardo, who’s almost two.
His mum, Augustina, comes over and in her arms is a tiny baby, only one month old.

Robbie Williams for UNICEF
Improvements ... Robbie with Aidee, Josue and Hanna
 
I can’t believe a newborn is living in this place. Johnny and I feel quite desperate leaving here.
You always feel that you want to do more — to do something right there and then. You can’t help but get overwhelmed and I feel like it’s affecting me even more this year with the little one in Ayda’s tummy.
We spend today in big slums in Iztapalapa meeting lots of children living in extreme poverty.
One little girl, Kimberley, is only a year and a half. She and her five brothers and sisters live in shacks on the side of the road.
There is rubbish everywhere and the smell is terrible. The kids are all vulnerable to being bitten by rats and getting diseases.
It feels edgy for us so we were really worried for their safety. The kids are so small and young and you just want to protect them.
We leave this part of the city and head south. We stop at crossroads and I meet Angel, five, and Lluvia, three, playing in the dirt.

Robbie Williams for UNICEF
King of swing ... Robbie larks about with local lad
 
Their parents come here every day to wash windscreens to try to make enough money to feed the children. But they’re not safe here as people have tried to buy or kidnap the children a few times.
It’s absolutely shocking.
Angel and I had a kickabout too. The kids have no idea who I am, but usually if you bring a ball and invent some sort of game, they are happy to play and laugh.
I love that bit. Any initial nerves that you feel always go away once you are around the kids. I can’t wait to play with my own.
There are children like Angel and Lluvia all over the world who need our help.
Next we head off to a shelter, where Hanna, Josue and their brothers now live. It’s basic but a world away from the terrible place we met them.
Here, you can see they are safe. They have water and toilets and food.
The head of the shelter tells me how Unicef is working with the government to make sure children like Hanna are protected at shelters like these so they can have healthy and safe lives.

Ayda Field
Expecting ... Robbie's wife, Ayda Field
 
All this has really hammered home how dangerous the world can be for a child.
I just have to remember we are doing our bit and it’s an honour to meet these children.
We leave ready to play some serious football in Soccer Aid.
We want to smash the Rest Of The World. Johnny, Mark Owen, I and the rest of the boys will definitely be bringing some ’66-style passion to the pitch.
But we’ll also be thinking about children living tough lives around the world. Because Soccer Aid is all about helping Unicef help them.
Seeing the money that’s been raised from mine and Johnny’s simple idea gets you more excited every year.
Whether it’s for children in Mexico, Haiti or Africa, it feels good to know we can all play our part in helping those less fortunate than ourselves.

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