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Celtic Charity Funds
assists Neri Clinic’s fight against
Malaria ............
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Celtic Football Club was formed in the city
of Glasgow in 1888, principally to utilise a
football club as a means of raising money
for the poor of the city's East End.
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In 1888, although Glasgow
was the rich and prosperous second city of the
British Empire, the city's East End was greatly
impoverished with high rates of child
mortality. The founder of the Club Brother
Wilfrid was a local Marist Brother of Sligo
origin, who recognised the need for positive
social integration between the Scottish and
Irish living in Glasgow, hence the name Celtic,
emphasising a bridge of cultures across the
Irish Sea. Celtic Football Club is a major
social institution in Scottish life and has
supporters all over the world, many expatriates
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Over the last century,
Celtic Football Club has developed into a
thriving business and has a proud name and
heritage known throughout the world. In 1994
the Club was taken over by new management who
sought to maximise Celtic's potential as a
football club and business but also,
importantly, to recognise Celtic's social
dimension, with a return to supporting
charitable causes in the line with the founding
principles of the Club.
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In 1995, 'Celtic Charity
Fund' was formed with the aim of revitalising
Celtic's charitable traditions. Since then,
through the Fund, the Celtic Family has raised
in excess of £2m for a host of wonderful causes
on a local, national and international basis.
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We are delighted
to say that Celtic Charity Fund recently made a
donation to Neri Clinics to help fund the
treatment and prevention of Malaria; a
significant cause of death in the under - 5
population of Linda compound. This funding
equates to more lives saved and is greatly
welcomed as we head into the rainy season in
Lusaka when cases of malaria are expected to
rise. For more on the Celtic Charity Funds,
click here...... |
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