Dikembe Mutombo
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Dikembe Mutombo has been a hero to his people in the Congo for decades. Way back in 1997, Mutombo began the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation to help improve living conditions in his country. The Foundation completed the building of a hospital in the capital city of Kinshasa in 2006. He had donated over $18.5 million of his own money towards its construction.
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For that and other works, Mutombo has been given numerous awards for humanitarianism, such as the Kennedy Citizenship Award and the Presidential Service Award.
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