Dikembe Mutombo

A well-known humanitarian, Mutombo started the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to improve living conditions in his native  Democratic Republic of Congoin 1997.

He has twice received the  J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. The award is named for the second commissioner of the league and honors an NBA player or coach for outstanding service and dedication to the community.
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/23/citizenship.award.nba/index.html

Inducted into the Worlds Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in 2007

 Dikembe Mutumbo also paid for uniforms and expenses for the Zaire women's basketball team during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta

DMF's $29 million,300-bed hospital in the Congoloese capital of Kinshasa   didn't start until 2004, as Mutombo had trouble getting donations early on although Mutombo personally donated $3.5 million toward the hospital's construction.

Initially Mutombo had some other difficulties, almost losing the land to the government because it was not being used and having to pay refugees who had begun farming the land to leave. He also struggled to reassure some that he did not have any ulterior or political motives for the project.


On August 14, 2006, Dikembe had donated $15 million to the completion of the hospital for its ceremonial opening on September 2, 2006. The hospital was by then named Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named for his late mother, who died of a stroke in 1997.

When it opened in February 2007, the $29 million facility became the first modern medical facility to be built in that area in nearly 40 years.

His hospital is on a 12-acre (49,000 m²) site on the outskirts of Kinshasa in Masina, where about a quarter of the city's 7.5 million residents live in poverty. It is minutes from Kinshasa's airport and near a bustling open-air market.

The hospital has full telemedicine capabilities with the United States and Europe through the network established by Medical Missions for Children

In 2004, he also participated in the Basketball Without Borders NBA program, where NBA stars like Shawn Bradley, Malik Rose  and DeSagana Diop toured Africa to spread the word about basketball and to improve the infrastructure

http://www.nba.com/bwb/africa_2010.html

http://cameroonwebnews.com/sports/nba-players-inspire-african-youths-to-strive-for-basketball-dreams/



Checkout  http://dmf.org/aboutdmf.php

Stephen Appiah

Founded the StepApp Foundation

Michael Essien

The Michael Essien Foundation (MEF) is a local Ghanaian NGO founded by Michael Essien, the renowned Ghanaian International and Chelsea Football Club Star. It aims to create opportunities and hope for the underprivileged in the Awutu Breku area. The goal of the MEF is to promote basic community amenities and opportunities for various groups through different projects and activities.

Below is a list of some of the areas MEF will be working on;

• Bore Holes – Good Drinking Water -

  Water is life and extremely essential for towns and villages. The surrounding villages in Awutu struggle to get water for their households. The MEF would like to partner companies who provide water for villages, to drill as many bore holes as possible to serve the villages. This project will run throughout the entire 5 year period.

• Sports Day & Recreational Centre for Football

  The Sports Day program will be run yearly as part of Michael’s aim to give hope and inspiration to others as well as encouraging the youth. This scheme which was originally started by the StepApp Foundation has worked well for about 2 years now for the youth of Chorkor and has been embraced extremely well by many. Adopting this for the Awutu Breku area, where the various towns will compete for THE MICHAEL ESSIEN CUP will be excellent for a town, whose main form of entertainment is football.

For more information checkout  http://www.michaelessiengh.com/foundation/foundation.html

Samuel Eto

On 17th March 2006, the Fundación Privada Samuel Eto’o was formed, with the aim of bringing together all the activities which Samuel Eto’o and a group of friends have been carrying out for years in various villages of Cameroon.

To date, the Foundation has led a series of projects related to the schooling, education, cooperation and development of children in Cameroon, using football as a tool for social integration.

Below is just a list of the various charitable activities which Samuel Eto'os foundation  partakes in

Sporting Activities

-  Festi Sport Project
-  Fundes Sport Competition
-  Tutorship of children in Europe
-  Campus Eto'o
-  Women's Marathon

Social  Projects

-  Orphanage of Afrad
-  Children of the street
-  Ambulances
-  Prisons
- Medical care

For more information checkout the website http://www.fundacionsamueletoo.org/a_index.html

Peter Rufai

Rufai Partners Milo On Talent Hunt

Former Super Eagles first choice goalkeeper, Peter Rufai has partnered with Nestle Nigeria Plc to discover talents for the country.

The project which is tagged Milo Dodo Mayana Football Clinic is targeted at catching the young  talents from the grassroot.

Business Manager Beverages, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Walter Okafor said yesterday that the programme is designed for youths between the age of 13 and 17 years.

According to him, the Clinic will hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium as not less than 20,000 kids expected to participate in the programme.

He said the number will be screened to 500 and from there to 22 that will make the final team.

The Clinic will however hold in August and Peter Rufai promised to use the opportunity to help the kids fulfil their dreams of playing abroad.

“This Clinic is going to be very helpful to Nigerian kids within the age of 13 and 17 because there will be lots of scouts on ground to see how well they can fit in to any club or Academy abroad.”

Rufai Partners Milo On Talent HuntFormer Super Eagles first choice goalkeeper, Peter Rufai has partnered with Nestle Nigeria Plc to discover talents for the country.

The project which is tagged Milo Dodo Mayana Football Clinic is targeted at catching the young  talents from the grassroot.

Business Manager Beverages, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Walter Okafor said yesterday that the programme is designed for youths between the age of 13 and 17 years.According to him, the Clinic will hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium as not less than 20,000 kids expected to participate in the programme.

He said the number will be screened to 500 and from there to 22 that will make the final team.

The Clinic will however hold in August and Peter Rufai promised to use the opportunity to help the kids fulfil their dreams of playing abroad.

“This Clinic is going to be very helpful to Nigerian kids within the age of 13 and 17 because there will be lots of scouts on ground to see how well they can fit in to any club or Academy abroad.”

http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/2010/07/rufai-partners-milo-on-talent-hunt/

Frankie Fredricks

The Frank Fredericks Foundation was launched in Windhoek on 7th of April 1999 by Honourable Prime Minister, Hange Geingob. The Foundation was a way of Frank Fredericks saying "Thank You" to the people for all the support that he has received from them. It is a non-profit organisation dedicated to young talented athletes of Namibia. Through his career, both on and off the track, Frank Fredericks has received sponsorship which has helped him to reach so many of his goals. Through the Frank Fredericks Foundation, he hopes to be able to give scholarships to the promising athletes of Namibia.

Maria de Lurdes Mutola

Maria Mutola set up the Lurdes Mutola Foundation

Was founded in 2001 in Maputo, Mozambique. It works in Mozambique in five of the country’s eleven provinces.

The Foundation was founded by Maria de Lurdes Mutola who is also the Chair of the Board. The thematic areas of its programs are:
Education ,
Sports,
Culture and
Entrepreneurship.

For further information checkout the Foundations website  http://www.flmutola.org.mz/