10 World Class Cricketers And Their Charitable Side
Ricky Ponting
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The Ponting Foundation is another cricketer’s effort to help families battle against cancer. Back in 2002, Ponting along with his family had been invited by a friend of the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA). On hearing the stories in the oncology ward Ponting made a commitment to aid young Australians with cancer, this lead to the Ponting Foundation.
Mahela Jayawardene
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Like other cricketers on this list who was inspired to do big after losing a family member, so was Mahela Jaywardene’s who had lost his brother to cancer. Jaywardene play a prominent role in the HOPE cancer project and also helps assuage the sufferings of people from the disease. He also aims at building the first-ever cancer hospital in Sri Lanka and a 750-bed cancer unit in a suburb called Maharagama, Colombo.
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