NBA star returns to his native Haiti - Karmavision

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Basketball star Sam Dalembert knows the odds against children like these at the Lakou day center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Poverty, violence, HIV, poor education and a lack of quality healthcare and clean water all take their toll on Haiti�s children. Mr. Dalembert returned home for the first time in eight years last week to see first hand the work of UNICEF in his native Haiti and to connect with young people. The Lakou center offers street children a refuge from the dangers of their daily lives. It is a place to relax and to learn literacy and vocational skills. But the simple presence of a figure like Mr. Dalembert may be equally important to the center�s children. In the hills of the remote central plateau Mr. Dalembert visited of the Zamni Lasanté project. With the support of UNICEF and other partners, the ambitious program offers free, high quality health care and an extensive program of community health and social services in a region where even basic health care is hard to come by. Mr. Dalembert, who has been active with the NBA and UNICEF in the �Unite For Children, Unite Against AIDS� campaign, was impressed by the highly successful HIV/AIDS treatment programs and the efforts to prevent mother to child transmission of the virus.

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[TJRMultimedia]

Samuel Dalembert is a Great Guy man!

[thermiscira]

@boliquaa thats haiti not africa,haiti is in the caribbean next to the dominican republic and cuba.what does africa have to do with this?

[GmanZouk]

@alphaphi09 We need the Haitian diaspora to go back home to at least visit if not invest. This would help the Haitian economy and eventually change the image of Haiti.

[alphaphi09]

That's a lie, I did a research in Haiti Theres about nine millions Haitians and only 10 thousands are living with HIV. Why do people think it is ok to post lies about HAITI , is it b/c they want international money for the country, or just for the heck of lying? Can someone please explain that to me? Haitians are also trying to destroy their own country Image, I believe the media and other nations that do not like Haitian are already doing that, Haitians should do the opposite.

[jean47209]

we dont have HIV fuck all of them

[boliquaa]

they need to wake up and get in touch with reality cuz africa is not the nbr one place in the world with aids guess what???? ITS AMERICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[2kdhaiti]

no!!!!!!we dn't fuck have HIV..danm!!!!!!