{"id":463028,"date":"2018-02-09T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/christian-atsu-hosts-charity-event-for-new-school-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T14:16:47","slug":"christian-atsu-hosts-charity-event-for-new-school-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/christian-atsu-hosts-charity-event-for-new-school-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Atsu hosts charity event for new school in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday,  9 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.chroniclelive.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/12786028.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atsu Atsu Smile\" title=\"Atsu Atsu Smile\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The fundraising event will combine the worlds of entertainment, football and business<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518185807_512_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu \u2013 ambassador for charity Arms Around The Child \u2013 will be hosting a gala dinner on Wednesday 14th March 2018 at The Hilton Gateshead in Newcastle.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe fundraising event will combine the worlds of entertainment, football and business and ticket and tables are available to purchase now.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s own and Good Morning Britain and BBC News presenter Jane Witherspoon, will be presenting the event.<\/p>\n<p>The night will begin with a drinks reception, followed by a sumptuous themed dinner evoking the flavours and aromas of Africa, followed by an auction with incredible once in a lifetime experiences to raise money for social and global change.<\/p>\n<p>Revellers can then dance the night away to live music and DJs, including a performance from chart topping artist RAMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Operating in India, South Africa and Ghana, Arms Around The Child provides safe loving homes, protection, education and support to children living in extreme adversity. The children are orphaned, abused, affected by HIV\/AIDS, prey to those out to harm them, trafficked, sold or living in child headed households.<\/p>\n<p>The event hopes to raise enough funds to build a school in Atsu\u2019s home country Ghana, to benefit orphaned children and their local community.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and Everton footballer\u2019s father was a farmer and fisherman who died when Atsu was training at an academy in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Ellie Milner, Arms Around The Child CEO said: \u201cWe\u2019re certain that Newcastle\u2019s strong sense of community and generosity will help make this event every bit the success we hope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the support of our charity ambassador Christian Atsu, to help raise funds and drive awareness of the innocent, vulnerable children who desperately need our support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis school will help provide much needed stability and education to help improve lives and provide better futures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are \u00a3150 per person and are available from https:\/\/theblackstargala.eventbrite.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Friday, 9 February 2018 Source: www.chroniclelive.co.uk 2018-02-09 The fundraising event will combine the worlds of entertainment, football and business Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu \u2013 ambassador for charity Arms Around The Child \u2013 will be hosting a gala dinner on Wednesday 14th March 2018 at The Hilton Gateshead in Newcastle.&#13; The fundraising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":405702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}