David Beckham news, update: Soccer star and international celebrity, David Beckham spent his Valentine’s with hundreds of Typhoon Haiyan survivors at the storm-devastated Philippine city of Tacloban.

“I want to show people around the world how their generous donations have had an enormous impact on children and their families and how thankful people here are for their kindness,” says Beckham on his visit to the city.

According to the Daily Mail, the former footballer used his celebrity status and sporting skills to entertain locals in the city of Tacloban as part of UNICEF’s relief efforts. The British sensation also vaccinated four babies during his 30-minute stay.

The spokeswoman for the UNICEF office in Manila, Zafrin Chowdhury, said that the sports icon was touched by the typhoon’s impact and wanted to meet displaced children and their families.

Beckham was welcomed by hundreds of children who have been living in United Nations-provided tents outside of a stadium since Super Typhoon Haiyan struck in November. The calamity claimed more than 6,200 lives and left tens of thousands of survivors homeless.

The Daily Mail reports that the former England striker was wearing a black UNICEF t-shirt with a pair of gray skinny jeans. He was also wearing a backwards hat and some brown leather boots for the trip. It was Beckham’s second trip to the country.

The famous athlete was greeted by hundreds of excited boys as he entered the village. Moved by the reception, he then played a friendly match between them before stopping to sign autographs and pose for pictures, the Daily Mail noted.

Beckham also stopped for photographs with children inside a large tent used as a classroom, where they showed the sportsman their art work. He then began administering polio medication to some of the young children in the tent, vaccinating a total of four babies, all of them less than a year old.

It’s the celebrity’s second trip to the Philippines as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. He toured a shelter for former street children in Manila during his first visit in 2011 and also played an exhibition game with the Philippine national football team, reports the Daily Mail.

Posh Spice’s husband is also scheduled to visit a warehouse of the World Food Program in nearby Palo, which was also devastated by the typhoon.