American basketball player James Harden wants to “change lives” in Haiti

Construction of a new basketball court, donation of sports equipment, personal hygiene products… Harden wants to “lead by example” in favor of Haiti.

Last week, the American basketball player of the Brooklyn Nets, James Harden, donated sports equipment to young Haitians practicing basketball. He shared the news on his social networks on January 19, 2022, after giving an intervention to Yahoo Sport.

Through his Impact 13 Foundation, the athlete has distributed nearly five thousand essential materials to children in Haiti. They benefited from backpacks, socks, shoes, Adidas basketballs, water bottles as well as personal hygiene products such as deodorant, shower gel among others.

In addition, according to the player, the Gopuff platform has partnered with the Impact13 Foundation to donate 3,000 personal hygiene products, particularly condoms, tampons, sanitary napkins and postpartum underwear.

This gesture is for Harden a way to stimulate other people to make the same gesture to help Haiti.

“Leading by example is the best way to inspire others to step up and join the effort to help change lives for the better,” he told Yahoo Sports.

“I read articles about poverty in Haiti and the disadvantages they face every day, and I want to make sure I’m doing my part to help where I can,” added the superstar.

Note that Harden has partnered with the Barbancourt Foundation and the Haitian artist Olivier A. Ganthier to build a new basketball court that will present the works of the latter.

With this construction, he said he wants to leave something special for generations to come, and this court will be a great opportunity for young people to practice basketball in a safe place so that they can pursue their dreams of making it to the NBA. or in WNB, added James Harden, taking advantage of praising the beauty of Haiti and the resilience of the citizens.

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