Reflection task 3 (Didier Drogba)

                                                            Person of the Year

               If I were a jury member of the committe chosing the person of the year, I would candidate Didier Drogba who is football player and charitable.

             When you hear the name of the Drogba, you will probably think of his career as a football player. It is true that he is considered as a legend among football fans. He had a great career up to now starting from Le Mans F.C. to Montreal F.C. As every other person do, he also got older. He is not playing like he was doing when he was young. When the name of the Drogba is said, Chelsea F.C. comes to one's mind. This is where he had a zenith of his career. He won many titles with Chelsea including UEFA Champions League Cup in which he scored two goals; one from header, one from penalty. 

          

            Apart from his magnificent football career, he is the one who has brought a peace to his country, Ivory Coast. After the Ivory Coast qualified for the 2006 World Cup, he made a desperate plea to the combatants and he asked them to lay down their arms. The combanants had heard about his call and they ceased fire after 5 years of civil war. On 24 January 2007, Drogba was appointed by the United Nations Development as a Godwill Ambassador. This association thought that Drogba!s charity work and his high profile would help raise awareness on African issues.

           In September 2011, Drogba joined the Truth; Reconciliation and Dialogue Commision as a representative to help return peace to his home country. His hard work in this area made him got in to the list of 100 most influential people by Times magazine in 2010.In late 2009, he announced that he would be donating $3 million for the construction of a hospital in his hometown. He created his own associaton named as "Didier Drogba Foundation" and his club Chelsea announced that they would donate the fee for the deal toward the Foundation's project. In November 2014, he was asked to join in FIFA's 11 against Ebola. All the revenue from this project was donated to Africa and the people having troubles with Ebola.

          

         To sum up, I would candidate Didier Drogba for the person of the year because he is more then just a football player with that he has done for his county and for the sake of humanity.