Ghanaian footballer Thomas Partey launches his THomas Partey Foundation in his hometown, Odumase-Krobo
The Black Stars midfielder out-doored the foundation on Monday, June 14, 2021 mainly to give back to his as his society and the less privileged.
The 27-year-old is interested in transforming the lives of people in his native after realizing his dream of becoming a professional football despite having to go through the hard way to fulfil his potential.
The Thomas Partey Foundation will not only support the underprivileged in society but it will also support community projects as well help in building infrastructures.
Partey started his football career in Odumase-Krobo where he played for Krobo Youth, before leaving to Ashaiman to continue his football development at Revelation FC.
He proceeded to Tema Youth before a move abroad to join Atletico Madrid.
Well, I think everyone will understand why this foundation is made or unveiled today. Because knowing where you come from, how hard it is to get to where I am without help is very difficult. So this foundation is made to make all the young ones with the talent to be able to reach where they want to reach – give them the opportunity that they deserve, the opportunity most of us did not get – some of my friends did not get when we were young – so that they’ll be able to be someone or more than me in the future
he told Joy Sports.
Joe Addo, ex-Black Stars captain and advisor to the current deputy captain of the senior national team, commends the efforts of the player, admitting that the demands of football makes it difficult for active players to engage in such projects.
[It’s] very, very difficult, because when you are playing, you don’t think of stuff like that, because your concentration most of the time is how you’re going to win games. These days salaries are so huge that you don’t want to be distracted by anything, but for him to have one week – he only has a one week break because he came from UK went straight to the national team camp, and he has one week and he’s supposed to leave tonight.
But for him to put that in his program, to come all the way he grew up to do something like this, I think it’s a very good initiative, and I hope the other players will look and see if they can help the youth from their villages. It doesn’t always have to be the urban areas. It could also come from the rural areas.
As you know, most of us footballers who played in the Black Stars and stuff, we didn’t come from Tema and Accra, we came from our villages, and for him to have this initiative right here in his village is a tremendous achievement,” the former Black Stars defender said.
[It’s] very, very difficult, because when you are playing, you don’t think of stuff like that, because your concentration most of the time is how you’re going to win games. These days salaries are so huge that you don’t want to be distracted by anything, but for him to have one week – he only has a one week break because he came from UK went straight to the national team camp, and he has one week and he’s supposed to leave tonight.
But for him to put that in his program, to come all the way he grew up to do something like this, I think it’s a very good initiative, and I hope the other players will look and see if they can help the youth from their villages. It doesn’t always have to be the urban areas. It could also come from the rural areas.
As you know, most of us footballers who played in the Black Stars and stuff, we didn’t come from Tema and Accra, we came from our villages, and for him to have this initiative right here in his village is a tremendous achievement
the former Black Stars defender said
