Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is more than just a basketball player and a global icon. The four-time NBA champion does a lot of charity work and along with his wife, he has founded the Eat. Play. Learn foundation. This foundation has the goal of helping underprivileged children and giving them a better life. Not only in his own country and region, but Steph Curry has also helped people all across the world.
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Early on in his fantastic career, Curry visited the northern part of Tanzania which is home to numerous refugee camps. Having seen the suffering up close, the Warriors superstar changed the lives of millions through a $5 investment.
Stephen Curry made a huge difference through his philanthropy in Africa
Stephen and Ayesha Curry believe in making an immediate difference in people’s life. When Curry was relatively new to the league, he visited Tanzania and it changed him forever.
Seeing the conditions of people suffering from malaria, the four-time NBA champion was touched. He said, “It moved me and made me see that even small changes can have this outsize impact.”
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Feb 19, 2022; Cleveland, OH, USA; Golden State Warriors players Stephen Curry and wife Ayesha Curry react on stage during the 2022 NBA All-Star Saturday Night at Rocket Mortgage Field House. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Steph visited Tanzania under the UN Nothing But Nets program. The distribution of $5 mosquito nets has saved around 7 million lives since 2000 under this program. Safe to say, Steph Curry has played a part in this as well.
Interestingly enough, this visit was so important for Curry, he missed his wedding anniversary with Ayesha. She had to take care of her three-week-old daughter in the absence of Stephen Curry.
Steph and Ayesha once teamed up with restaurants
Ayesha Curry is a celebrity cook and entertainer and has built quite a reputation in her industry of work. Working with restaurants back in 2020 was an entirely different experience for her. Along with her husband, she helped prepares meals to be distributed to the local residents in Oakland.
.@StephenCurry30 & @AyeshaCurry visited @_Kingston11 recently to help prepare meals for local residents. 88 Oakland restaurants are working with @EatLearnPlay & @WCKitchen, 40 of which are Black-owned. Thankful to support our own in Oakland, especially the Black community. pic.twitter.com/4fPEEwBiCs
— Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation (@eatlearnplay) June 7, 2020
The Warriors played 47 seasons in the Oakland area before shifting to their new home court in San Fransisco. This was a part of their Eat. Play. Learn foundation launched in 2019 and was a huge success.
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