English Footballer Marcus Rashford Donates Millions For Child Poverty, Becomes Youngest-Ever to Top âGiving Listâ
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At 23, Manchester United soccer star Marcus Rashford has already scored a lot of goals, but becoming the youngest person to top
The Sunday Times Giving Listâa metric of philanthropy among rich Britsâis an achievement that has the whole country cheering.
Donations he made, and those by people inspired in response to his efforts to combat food poverty, generated a total of $28 million (£20 million), giving him a “Giving Index” ranking of 125% of his personal net worth of $23m (£16m).
Over the past year, Rashford has become something of a hero to many Brits: Last year, as second waves of COVID-19 abounded, he faced down the UK government’s proposal to cut spending towards free school lunches.