IN PICS| David Beckham enthrals Nepal with soccer skills, plays with children

<p><img width: 620px; height: 376px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/BeckhamNepal_AP.jpg"></p><p><strong>Kathmandu</strong><strong>:</strong> He has the power to turn dreams into reality and that’s exactly what world famous soccer superstar David Beckham did when he played with Nepalese children on Friday.</p><p><iframe class="media-youtube-player" width="560" height="340" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PvvP7Q3dTxc?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p><img src="http://www.apexchange.com/Content/preview/2015/20151106/13/24313d1fe683f531860f6a7067000890.jpg" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em; height: 466px; width: 620px;"></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">Beckham visited a school in Bhaktapur that was damaged in April's devastating earthquake.</span></strong></em></p><p><img src="http://www.apexchange.com/Content/preview/2015/20151106/14/0751394ce6aaf631860f6a706700853f.jpg" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em; height: 424px; width: 620px;"></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">He also visited the Shree Padma Higher Secondary School, where classes are being held in temporary sheds after the April 25 earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people.</span></strong></em></p><p><img src="http://www.apexchange.com/Content/preview/2015/20151106/12/cd116558e652f431860f6a70670002b6.jpg" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em; height: 411px; width: 620px;"></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">He spent an hour talking to students in classrooms made out of a tin roof and bamboo walls.</span></strong></em></p><p><iframe class="media-youtube-player" width="560" height="340" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NHmVCMV5xlc?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p><img src="http://www.apexchange.com/Content/preview/2015/20151106/12/bd974269e651f431860f6a70670090ea.jpg" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em; height: 427px; width: 620px;"></p><p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">The former England captain later played soccer with the children at an open courtyard surrounded by old Hindu temples.</span></strong></em></p><p><img src="http://www.apexchange.com/Content/preview/2015/20151106/12/f1ec042ce650f431860f6a7067000d08.jpg" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em; height: 402px; width: 620px;"></p><p><em><strong>(Photos: AP)</strong></em></p><p><iframe class="media-youtube-player" width="560" height="340" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vGjv_u0wTwc?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">"This is the best day of my life. I am so, so happy," said Seline Homija, an eighth-grade student who played with Beckham on the brick paved courtyard.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">Hundreds of fans gathered to watch, and police used batons to control the crowd.</span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Goodwill Ambassador David <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beckham?src=hash">#Beckham</a> visits children in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nepal?src=hash">#Nepal</a> six months after earthquake <a href="https://t.co/DaWyGA019e">https://t.co/DaWyGA019e</a> <a href="https://t.co/KqGsJwTeYF">pic.twitter.com/KqGsJwTeYF</a></p>— UNICEF (@UNICEF) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF/status/662770238468001792">November 6, 2015</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><img src="http://40.media.tumblr.com/2fd3377de60aa2146890f1593bcc7072/tumblr_nxemq0emCR1ukk3vno1_540.jpg" style="height: 784px; width: 620px;"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><br><img src="http://40.media.tumblr.com/05741a2515a5be6d86f649ed9b3c0e47/tumblr_nxemq0emCR1ukk3vno2_1280.png" style="height: 626px; width: 620px;"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">(<b><i>Photos: Tumblr/David Beckham)</i></b></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">Beckham, who also recently visited children at a hospital in Papua New Guinea, is in Nepal for a day filming a documentary.</span></p><p style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px; text-align: center;"> </p><p style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dc.dcapp.view&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5kYy5kY2FwcC52aWV3Il0." style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img width: 150px; height: 53px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/Android.png"></a><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/deccan-chronicle-for-iphone/id478674381?mt=8" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em; width: 150px; height: 53px; src="http://dd508hmafkqws.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/Apple.png"></a></p><p style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">Download the all new Deccan Chronicle app for </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dc.dcapp.view&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5kYy5kY2FwcC52aWV3Il0." style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">Android</a><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;"> and </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/deccan-chronicle-for-iphone/id478674381?mt=8" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;">iOS</a><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;"> to stay up-to-date with latest headlines and news stories in politics, entertainment, sports, technology, business and much more from India and around the world.</span></em></strong></p>