Cristiano Ronaldo voted the ‘world’s most charitable athlete’
- Cristiano raised money for various causes including donating more than $83,000 to a 10-year-old fan in need of brain surgery and giving more than $165,000 to fund a cancer center in Portugal that treated his mother. Ronaldo has also used his fame as a global spokesperson for a variety of causes including childhood hunger, obesity and biodiversity.

Ronaldo is involved in the following major charitable organisations:
Aid Still Required - (‘A non-profit corporation, founded to champion forgotten issues and people left behind after natural disasters and other crises’)
Cahonas Scotland - ('A Male Cancer Awareness Charity in Scotland’)
Save the Children - ('Creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world’)
UNICEF - ('To improve children’s lives, providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.’)
World Vision - ('A relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.’)

Ronaldo has a long list of causes that he supports including abuse, adoption, AIDS & HIV, cancer, disaster relief, education, health, human rights, poverty, slavery & human trafficking. In 2012, he sold the Golden Boot he won in 2011 for €1.5 million to donate the funds to Palestinian school children in Gaza and is also involved in FIFA’s '11 for Health’ which aims to raise awareness to children regarding drug addiction, HIV and obesity.