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Bismack Biyombo Gives $1.3M for Congo Hospital

Bismack Biyombo is donating $1.3 million of his NBA salary to build a hospital in the Congo to honor his late father, François Biyombo.
Bismack Biyombo is donating a year's NBA salary to build a medical center in the Congo in honor of his father. Photo: godongphoto / Shutterstock

Bismack Biyombo is donating $1.3 million of his NBA salary to build a hospital in the Congo to honor his late father. Bismack Biyombo was born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), discovered as a basketball player in Yemen, recruited to play in Spain, and came to the United States to play in […]

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Run for Congo Women’s Lisa Shannon

Democratic Republic of Congo may be one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a woman.  According to a report in The Guardian, 48 women are raped every hour in Congo.  That adds up to 1,152 every day.  It has become an unconscionable weapon of war in which almost every family has experienced […]