ALFREDO MORELOS hopes he can inspire kids from Cerete to avoid a life of crime and drugs.
The Colombian returned home in January to play in a charity match and hand out food parcels.
Morelos has his own Foundation and he told Sky Sports: "Cerete is a town that's poor, there isn't much infrastructure or opportunities for most people so most people are working just to afford food, just to afford the basics.
"In my home, I didn't have electricity, we didn't have air conditioning in a place that averages 40 degrees every day and because of that people choose to go down a different route where there is faster and easier money.
"A lot of people I know didn't have opportunities so decided to work in the drug business and work in crime. I hope I can be an example to the people in my town so that people in Cerete can go down a different route and focus on improving their lives in a way that doesn't involve crime."
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