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Africa needs more funding to continue to fight all of those diseases. We are losing more than 1.3 million young children under the age of five every year because of malaria. We've already lost 25 million people to the pandemic of HIV-AIDS. More people are dying now from typhoid fever. Diabetes is on the rise.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Africa Age Because Children Continue Diabetes Diseases Dying Every Fever Fight Five Funding Losing Lost Malaria Million Million People More More People Needs Now Pandemic People Rise Than Those Year Young Young Children

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My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Based Cap Decision Had Leaving Me Organization Room Saying Sign

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People wonder why I love Africa so much. I say this is where I was born and raised. My roots are in Africa; that's were I developed.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Africa Born Developed Love Much People Raised Roots Say Were Where Why Wonder I Love I Was Born

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My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: African Conditions Congo Continent Created Find Foundation Improve Just Living People Way I Can

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Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia. It's a camp that brings players from different parts of the continent to one city that's been assigned as the host city. We've been going to a different city every year.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Africa America Around Asia Assigned Basketball Been Borders Brings Camp City Continent Different Different Parts Different Places Europe Every Going Host Leadership Parts Places Players Takes Without World Year

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After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: After Always Back Basketball Came Clinics Community Community Service Different More Nba Playing Service Spending Summertime Than Years

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I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the African continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I came from. Out first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: African Back Build Came Conditions Congo Continent Created Democratic Democratic Republic First Foundation Go Going Hospital Improving Living Mission New Next Our Out People Purpose Republic School Where I Came

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I just love kids. As a kid, I grew up in a poor country with a poor family that had nothing. I loved anyone who could come into my life, in from the outside, and give me advice that could help me succeed. I believe that there are a lot of people who came into my life that made me Dikembe Mutombo.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Advice Anyone Believe Came Come Could Country Family Give Give Me Grew Had Help Just Kid Kids Life Lot Love Loved Made Me My Life Nothing Outside People Poor Succeed Up Who I Believe I Believe That

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The doctors and nurses at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital are saving lives every day and helping improve health care in the DRC which has been ravaged by more than a decade of war and disease.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Been Care Day Decade Disease Doctors Every Every Day Health Health Care Helping Hospital Improve Lives Marie More Nurses Saving Than War Which

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I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.

~Dikembe Mutombo

Topics: Am Be The First Been Family First First One Going Never Politician Politics President Try I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: June 25th, 1966

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