Bez donates his maracas to help children in Africa

Bez with his maracas on stage. Credit: PA

'Bez’ from the Happy Mondays has donated his famous maracas to a charity that helps homeless children in Africa.

Stockport based charity RETRAK plans to auction off the maracas to fund its work across Africa in providing street children with shelter, education and medicine.

Bez will be on hand to present the cup after a charity football tournament today at the Manchester City Reverse ground, kick off is at 1pm.

The tournament was organised by Rochdale based police officer Superintendent Chris Hill, who has recently returned from Uganda, where he worked with RETRAK helping local homeless children.

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