Ex-Barça player Xavi Hernández donates his yacht to refugee charity
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 @ 1:57 PM
FORMER Barça FC player Xavi Hernández has donated his private yacht to a refugee charity so it can either use it to rescue displaced families from the Mediterranean, or auction it off to raise funds.
The nine-metre-long, 2.6-metre-wide La Pelopina has a 325 horse-power engine, and is now in the hands of the organisation ProActiva Open Arms, which started its new mission a month ago on the 30-metre motorised yacht, the Astral, helping desperate migrants reach dry land.
The Astral was funded by a donation from an Italian mattress-shop owner based in Granada.
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