The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) announced on Monday the launch of a campaign to collect emblematic football objects in South America, which will be drawn at a raffle for the benefit of the Red Cross. its ten member countries, to fight Covid-19. "We invite the great football family to come together to help the Red Cross" , declared the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Dominguez, on the website of the confederation, about a campaign called "Together for America from South".
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At the end of August, the items collected after this call for donations will be drawn at a raffle, the winnings of which will be distributed equally to the Red Cross of each country concerned: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile , Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Paraguay and Ecuador. Those who wish to participate in this raffle can register from Thursday on the internet by entering the address www.juntosporsudamerica.com. The price for a raffle ticket is $ 5. Alejandro Dominguez clarified that the first item the Confederation obtained was a replica of the Copa Libertadores, rewarding the winner of the Cup of the same name, the South American equivalent of the Champions League in Europe.
Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 201,000 dead, is now the second worst affected region after Europe, with more than 210,000 dead. Four of the fifteen countries most affected by Covid-19 in terms of death tolls are South Americans: Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Chile.