NBA Star 'Stephen Curry' Spends Vacation Fighting Malaria in Africa [Photos]
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is spending his summer break in Tanzania with Nothing But Nets, a campaign by the United Nations Foundation that aims to fight malaria across Sub-Sarahan Africa.
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According to the organization’s website, children under five years of age are most at risk of contracting malaria, and a child dies from malaria every 60 seconds.
Curry is traveling with Nothing But Nets campaign director Chris Helfrich as well as ESPN columnist Rick Reilly.
Here’s more on what they’ll be doing during the trip, from a blog post by Helfrich:
We will visit a refugee camp and distribute insecticide-treated bed nets to families. The malaria burden at the camp is significant – last year, there were more than 62,000 cases reported among its population of roughly 68,000…we will also have the opportunity to meet officials from humanitarian organizations in the region to learn about their efforts to curb the disease. While in Tanzania, we will join with NBA Cares and the Tanzanian Basketball Federation for a basketball clinic and malaria education for local school children.
Curry recently posted a Facebook album with copious photos from the first leg of his Tanzanian adventure. You can follow along with him there and also via Rick Reilly’s Twitter updates.
According to the organization’s website, children under five years of age are most at risk of contracting malaria, and a child dies from malaria every 60 seconds.
Curry is traveling with Nothing But Nets campaign director Chris Helfrich as well as ESPN columnist Rick Reilly.
Here’s more on what they’ll be doing during the trip, from a blog post by Helfrich:
We will visit a refugee camp and distribute insecticide-treated bed nets to families. The malaria burden at the camp is significant – last year, there were more than 62,000 cases reported among its population of roughly 68,000…we will also have the opportunity to meet officials from humanitarian organizations in the region to learn about their efforts to curb the disease. While in Tanzania, we will join with NBA Cares and the Tanzanian Basketball Federation for a basketball clinic and malaria education for local school children.
Curry recently posted a Facebook album with copious photos from the first leg of his Tanzanian adventure. You can follow along with him there and also via Rick Reilly’s Twitter updates.
NBA Star 'Stephen Curry' Spends Vacation Fighting Malaria in Africa [Photos]
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