Starting his professional football career at 17 with arguably one of the biggest clubs in the world i.e. Manchester United, Marcus Rashford was raised by a single mother who often took up multiple jobs to feed her family. His mother often skipped her meals to ensure Marcus and his 4 siblings ( two brothers and two sisters) were fed.
Having seen poverty and starvation up so close, Marcus has grown both professionally and personally towards a public figure that strives to make a difference towards child hunger and homelessness.
In March 2020 when the pandemic hit the world, Rashford teamed up with FairShare to ensure meals reached out to the homeless in the areas around Greater Manchester. With an initial target of 400,000 children, he managed to raise 20 million pounds to cater to children nationwide.
Towards the end of June 2020, Marcus wrote to the Government to end child poverty in the United Kingdom. No later than a day later, the government decided to extend the free school meals for children during the summer holidays.
“I have known him since being a kid of 7 years of age, and seen him develop through the ranks of Manchester United into a truly wonderful person. Apart from his football life, what he has achieved in the last few months is quite astonishing, how he has helped the people in need is a truly amazing achievement. I would like to congratulate him on that. He has shown to young people in particular there is a different way of dealing with life. He has shown great humility, he has shown courage to do what he did”.
—Alex Ferguson, former Manchester United manager, praising Rashford’s activism
Marcus has been recognized by BBC as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2020 but this doesn’t stop Marcus from carrying forward and ensuring that the voiceless have a voice through him.
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