Beginning in 1948, the white elected National Party government implemented the policy of apartheid which turned 20 million people into second-class citizens, damning them to a life of servitude, humiliation and abuse. Between '48 and '71, over 150 laws were passed to further widen the gap between whites and blacks, such as the Immorality Act (1950), which outlawed sex and marriage across racial lines and the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953), which prohibited different racial groups from using the same public facilities like toilets, parks or beaches

The Apartheid Museum illustrates the story of the system and the struggle to overthrow its tyranny.

A moving and eye-opening experience for the players, the visit proved to be a fitting and poignant start to BWB Africa.

Please visit our photo gallery to see more pictures from the event. Thank you for assisting us to support our Dallas youth!!

Dallas, TX (Aug. 18, 2009) Toronto Raptors Forward Chris Bosh will be  partnering with international hunger relief organization Feed The Children to distribute  boxes of food and personal care items to 400 families at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28 at JC Phelps Recreation Center (3030 Tips Blvd.)  Bosh will be in attendance.   

This food distribution will be held in conjunction with the Chris Bosh Foundation’s Sixth Annual Back to School Celebration, to be held on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Chris Bosh Foundation’s mandate is to promote education, social enrichment and athletics in youth.  This event, which will be held at the John C Phelps Recreation Center, will consist of many activities for youth ages 5-17, including playing basketball games, face painting, free haircuts, and many giveaways. For more information about the event, visit www.chrisboshfoundation.org.  

The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dallas is a Feed The Children partner agency, and along with the Chris Bosh Foundation helped to identify families benefiting from the distribution.  Each family will receive a box of non-perishable food and a box of personal care items. The boxes are designed to help supplement a family for up to one week. “We are so grateful to Chris Bosh and the Chris Bosh Foundation for helping so many children,” said Larry Jones, founder and president of Feed The Children.  “Because of Chris’ commitment, 400 families will receive food and personal care items, and for that, I want to say a big ‘Thank you!’ on behalf of everyone he is helping in this community.” 

About Feed The ChildrenFounded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2008, Feed The Children distributed more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing more than 760,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 118 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.