PAYNESVILLE – David Duke, Jr., an American professional basketball player born to Liberian parents, has dedicated a feeding hall through his foundation for the sole purpose of feeding underprivileged kids in Liberia.
By Francis G. Boayue
Duke, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the US, was born in Providence, USA, where his parents settled after es. caping from Liberia during the civil unrest.
The David Duke, Jr. Foundation, which is run by his family, dedicated a hall over the weekend that was built by the foundation and turned over to the Rescue for Abandoned Children (REACH), owned by Madam Ne-Suah Beyan-Livingstone and situated in the Neckleze Town Community, Jacob Town, Paynesville.
The dedication program was attended by Duke’s family, including his aunt Saralaurine Duke Horton, uncle, grandmother Mot. Marjorie Mitchell, and several other kids who regularly visit the site every Saturday to have lunch as part of Madam Livingstone’s feeding program for less fortunate kids.
Duke’s grandmother, Mot. Marjorie Mitchell, officially turned over the hall to REACH and expressed heartfelt gratitude to God for the multiple blessings in the life of her grandson to always help the underprivileged.
“We thank God for David, considering the children’s welfare, that we are here today in the dining hall built by David where the kids now have a better place to sit and have lunch every Saturday,” Duke’s grandmother said.
The head of the Rescue for Abandoned Children (REACH), Madam Ne-Suah Beyan-Livingstone, expressed thanks to Mr. and Mrs. David Nyema Duke Sr. and all of his family members for the partnership over the years.
She said: “No more sitting under the sun or running away with their food in their hands when it starts to rain. We now have a Dining Hall built by David Duke, Jr., a professional NBA basketball player who for almost two years has partnered with REACH to feed our kids, and every year, he gives a purse of US$1,200.00 to pay the school fees of some of REACH Scholarship Students under the REACH Scholarship Program for underprivileged kids and orphans,” Madam Livingstone lauded David Duke, Jr.