Cristiano Ronaldo posts photos with Rohingya refugees, urges people to help

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has requested people to come forward and donate to ensure that more than 640,000 Rohingya children and families that have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh get basic necessities like water, food and shelter.

They were forced to move out after attacks in the northern Rakhine State in Myanmar which saw entire villages being burnt and hundreds killed.

He posted these two pictures, one of refugee Saif with his son Shafiq, and him with his kids. He tweeted, "One world where we all love our children. Please help. #Rohingya #Refugee @SavetheChildren https://www.savethechildren.org/Cristiano."

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