Invested for more than ten years in associations, with the creation of an association called Amsak, then the birth of a foundation that bears the same name, Mamadou Sakho was logically distinguished, this Sunday, during the presentation of the UNFP Trophies.
The 32-year-old footballer, former French international, received the prize for Citizen Player of the Year for Lifetime Achievementhe who, in recent years, has regularly come to the aid of underprivileged children, whether in France, England or Africa.
Moreover, the defender of Paillade organized a charity gala on Wednesday May 4, at the Mas Saint-Gabriel of the Nicollin family, in order to collect funds for the complex he is currently building in Senegal.
This is a three-pronged projectin the village of his parents in the east of the country, the launch of which he financed with personal funds: an orphanage, a vocational training center for agricultural trades and local crafts, and a football academy.