The Manchester United ace has been spearheading a movement to make sure underprivileged school children are able to have access to free food over the holidays.
The 23-year-old is making efforts to put an end to child food poverty, having been working to extend the government's free school meals campaign to function over the holidays until Easter 2021, instead of only during term time.
Lukaku has been left impressed with the England international’s altruism and being vocal in his fight for the needy across his nation.
The former Everton and Chelsea man has praised Rashford “ for the beautiful thing” he did for the children.
“What he did is a beautiful thing – it’s something he deserves massive respect from the whole population, throughout England because what he did was challenge the government to help them with free school meals in the holidays because he comes from that environment and when you come from that environment you are marked for life,” Lukaku told ESPN.
“I speak from my own experiences and it’s stuff you don’t want to see other kids to go through that stuff, what he did was a beautiful thing and he deserves massive respect wherever he goes.
“I expected nothing less from him because he has that awareness of trying to do the right thing for everybody – both on the football side and in general life. He deserves massive respect.”
Lukaku played with Rashford at Old Trafford for two years before joining Inter at the beginning of the 2019/2020 season.
