Ex-Barca stars Eto'o & Keita donate to their own countries amid coronavirus

Former Barca players Eto'o and Seydou Keita have made donations to their countries Cameroon and Mali to help against coronavirus.

The Samuel Eto'o Foundation will help 50,000 households in Cameroon amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

The distribution will include special 'Stop Covid-19' kits. 

The kits will be delivered to a thousand players from the local championships (Ligue 1 and 2 men and Ligue 1 women) for free.

In addition, the Foundation will distribute 50,000 washable masks for taxi drivers and other drivers. 

Several days ago, former Barcelona and AS Roma midfielder Seydou Keita made a food donation worth $50 000 to help out vulnerable families in his native Mali.

Keita's relief effort comes as Mali currently has 105 confirmed coronavirus cases and nine deaths as per the latest statistics.

This also comes after the country's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had already called for the mobilisation of resources in tackling the pandemic.

The ex-Mali captain's donation is expected to cater for about 600 families in the capital city Bamako and includes 557 bags of rice, 611 bags of millet, 300 bags of sugar and more than 100 gallons of oil, according to Mundo Deportivo.

Sadio Mane and Didier Drogba are some of the current and former footballers joined by Keita in contributing to African communities in cash or material as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Former Morocco captain Medhi Benatia was one of the high-profile figures who applauded Keita for the gesture in supporting humanity.