Ajax's Thilo Kehrer using his success to help Burundi's children

Thilo Kehrer may have joined Ajax Amsterdam on loan from AS Monaco , but his mission away from football remains unchanged -- he is aiming to leverage his success in football to help children in Burundi gain access to opportunities on and off the sports field. Germany defender Kehrer was born in Tübingen to a German father and Burundian mother. The Thilo Kehrer Foundation opened the Thilo Kehrer Center in Burundi's capital, Gitega, in 2022. Apart from a football academy, the foundation has provided children with traditional and digital libraries, dance classes, cooking courses and cultural instruction in Burundi's drum tradition. Speaking to ESPN Netherlands on his foundation's work more recently, Kehrer said: "The idea is to use my platform and the opportunities I have as a professional footballer to help children in Burundi. "We have built a place there where children can learn, pla