She is attractive and
charming tennis star who has never won the tournament. But for years he deals
with advertising, which earns money. Not a lot of money. Know yourself. It's
about Anna Kournikova.
However, the former
tennis player is also engaged in charity. Her last trip was to Haiti, where got
acquainted with the problems of local residents, including poverty, violence
and so on.
Her visit in February was
part of a campaign which aims to highlight innovative solutions to health
problems. This trip will remain for life in the memories of the Russian, who
said that her life has changed after I saw there.
"I was shocked when
I found out that 70% of the population lives on less than $ 2 a day, which can
not cover most normal human needs," said Kournikova. The Russian said that
was shaken by her meeting with a group of young girls who had been sold into
slavery by their parents for a modest profit.
According to recent
studies, one of every two girls who were sold by their parents, had been
sexually abused, which in many cases has led to HIV infection or other.
"In the first
village that we visited - Cabaret, we saw how the hair of children pozhalti due
to malnutrition, and most homes were made of stones, sticks and cardboard.
Whole neighborhoods were
destroyed by hurricanes last year, "said Kournikova. Through a donation
from the fashion company H & M in another AIDS campaign was built youth
center to provide children living in domestic servitude training for health
protection.