David’s pain over boy hit by monsoon flood horror
With that smile, you leave with a sense of hope DAVID HAREWOOD ON STREET KID HASSAN
HOMELAND star David Harewood has revealed his heartbreaking meeting with a Bangladeshi street kid whose entire family was wiped out by a monsoon.
The British actor, 56, choked back tears as he told how Hassan, 11, lost his father, two brothers and sister in a freak flood.
The youngster clung to a fishing net with his mother Fatema in the middle of the night before being plucked from the water.
Hassan is now one of 1.52 million children scraping a survival on the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
David has begged Brits to help solve the child poverty crisis.
He said: “It’s upsetting but also inspiring. With that smile of his you do leave with a sort of sense of hope.
“If he can smile through that and be hopeful through that, I can only but follow in his footsteps.”
The Birmingham actor flew more than 5,000 miles to Bangladesh to visit a UNICEF Emergency Hub ahead of tomorrow’s all-star Soccer Aid.
The unit provides children with meals, toys, psychosocial support, a non-formal education and a sheltered place to sleep.
Father-of-two David will play in goal for England in the Soccer Aid fixture at the London Stadium to help fund the services.
The UNICEF ambassador told how he did not get nervous despite the 70,000 crowd.
But he admitted he was petrified about going head-to-head with Brazil legend Cafu, 52, as he lines up for the World XI.
David said: “I’m looking forward to getting back between the sticks – I didn’t play last year because I was injured.”
Former One Direction star Liam Payne will captain the England side featuring Joe Cole, Gary Neville and actor Damian Lewis.
Olympic legend Usain Bolt, Line of Duty star Martin Compston and singer Chelcee Grimes all return for the World XI.
Money raised will help provide vaccines and safe spaces to protect children.
Donate now on the Soccer Aid website and every donation will be doubled up to £4million thanks to The Power of Nutrition.