3rd
october
2020
empathize
Empathy (10-point score) - (Discovery/Interpretation mode)
• Identify someone whom you think fits the criteria of a ‘superhero’. These individuals could be someone you know but they were not spoken about, or someone whom you can get to know who is still alive and in active duty.
● Get acquainted and interview him/her and get to know him/her (put yourself into his/her shoes to really understand them) without giving any hint that you are planning to design or create a gift for him/her.
Full name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of birth: 5 February 1985 (age 35)
Place of birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height: 1.87 m
Playing position: Forward
Cristiano Ronaldo has shown his soft side by offering to pay for the operation of a 10 month old baby born with a neurological disorder.
Erik Ortiz Cruz suffers up to 30 epileptic fits a day and surgery is the only solution to his condition.
The boy's family have been unable to meet massive hospital bills with each test carried out costing around £5,020 (6,000 euros) and surgery likely to run to £50,240 (60,000 euros).
So big-hearted Ronaldo, touched by the boy’s local community’s attempts to raise the money themselves, has stepped in to fund the life changing medical care.
The player was at first asked to donate boots and a shirt to a fund-raising auction but decided to go the extra mile and foot the bill.
Earlier in the year Ronaldo celebrated his Ballon D’Or win with children suffering from Leukaemia keeping a promise made on Spanish radio last year.
Ronaldo met the children on radio Cope show Partido de la 12 in November and said if he won he would celebrate with them.
Following the celebrations he spoke to one of the children - who will have an operation this month - and told the youngster: 'Don't worry I have not forgotten'.
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HELPING ANOTHER YOUNG FAN
In 2014, the mother of another young fan, ten-month-old Erik Ortiz Cruz, asked Ronaldo to donate a shirt to the boy, who has cortical dysplasia.
The brain abnormality causes up to 30 seizures a day.
After hearing the full story Ronaldo paid £55,000 for initial brain surgery and pledged to cover the cost of any follow-up treatment - although none has so far been needed.
He also helped raise extra money for Erik by donating a signed kit to sell at auction.
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what i Think&feel
Ronaldo is a really kindness person. The public comment on Ronaldo always very positive and support him.
I've heared&see
MULTI-MILLION POUND RELIEF
Ronaldo again donated a huge amount of money in 2015, to the relief efforts for the Nepalese earthquake in April 2015.
The deadly natural disaster killed 9,000 people, injured 22,000 more and caused untold amounts of damage to the country.
Ronaldo is reported to have given £5MILLION to Save the Children's disaster relief fund - although those reports have remained unverified and were denied by the charity.
He likely did make a donation, although the amount remains a mystery.
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