NPR’s Morning Edition features the amazing story of Bobby Duval “and his children.” Listen to commentator Frank Deford’s inspiring description of the former soccer star and Haitian political prisoner.
If you prefer, check out Tim Collie’s earlier story from the
Orlando Sun Sentinel (excerpt):
“There’s no big deal, really,” he says. “I just decided that this is my country and I was going to do my best to make a change here. That’s all.”
That’s not all to the 300 or so children who attend Athletics of Haiti, a novel program that offers sports, food and education to children from the vast slums of Port-au-Prince. Against odds every bit as formidable as the struggle for democracy here, Duval has kept the program running for five years of turmoil in Haiti.
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“For 20 years, being an advocate of human rights … I wanted to do something that I could [put] my hands on, really,” Duval said.
“When you’re an advocate, it does have an effect. Had we not done what we did … to advance the social movement, I probably couldn’t have the political space now, this real space, to do what I’m doing today.”