The FC Barcelona ’10’, accompanied by his mother Migelinha, brother Roberto and sister Deisi, was clearly emotional when opening the institute which bears his name. The education centre will help to train and educate children and teenagers from the Hípica district in the South of Port Alegre (Ronaldinhos birth place); a place which runs the risk of social exclusion.
The institute will open its doors in March; the plan being to open on the 21st of March which also happens to fall on Ronaldinho’s 27th Birthday. Up to one hundred teachers and doctors will watch over the health and training of the young Brazilians. The centre will also offer sporting activities which, without doubt, make up the principle educational idea of the centre.
Football, Tennis, athletics, hiking, volleyball etc., are some of the sports to be practised at the Ronaldinho Gaucho centre. The centre takes up a total of 11.7 hectares, where the 3,500 children will also be able to practise IT, music, Theatre and languages.
Source: FC Barcelona.com
