English footballer, Raheem Sterling, has volunteered to cover the funeral cost of a former Crystal Palace youth player, Damary Dawkins, who died of leukaemia.
Raheem said that Damary was an “example to us all.”
“Damary was a special young man who touched a lot of lives, including my own. Positive until the end, he was an example to us all. ” he said.
The youngster died in March despite Sterling’s supporting a campaign to find a suitable stem cell donor for him.
Dawkins did receive a stem cell match a few days before Christmas but he relapsed in February.
His family then set up a GoFundMe account to raise £15,000 ($19,400) to give Dawkins the “best send off and celebration of life,” but Sterling has since pledged to cover the costs.
The Manchester City forward paid a tribute to Damary by lifting his England shirt to reveal a picture of the two of them together following his second goal in the Three Lions’ 5-0 win over the Czech Republic in their Euro 2020 qualifier in March at Wembley.
