(September 4 , 2011) The final day of camp started with a visit to the Apartheid museum in the suburbs of Johannesburg. The museum, which charters the history of Apartheid and the ensuing struggles, welcomed the NBA contingent and provided for an evocative and emotional morning.

Back at the courts, the girls camp ended with an impressive display of basketball with the All-Star game, which set the tone for the boys All-Star game which was up next. The NBA legends and coaches led the two teams which featured representation from 14 countries.

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Mutombo reflects on 10th anniversary of BWB Program

(August 23 , 2011) NBA Legends Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and Dikembe Mutombo will headline Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa 2011. Returning to South Africa for the eighth time Sept. 1-4, BWB is the NBA’s and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program, which uses sports to influence positive social change.

The trip will reunite Georgetown University alumni Ewing, Mourning, and Mutombo for their first trip to Africa together since the three were part of a contingent of NBA players, officials, coaches, and legends that traveled to Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and South Africa for basketball youth clinics in 1994.

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Top Youth From Around Africa Set To Participate in BWB

(August 8 , 2011) Basketball without Borders Europe 2011 came to a close on Thursday in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Campers gathered on the court at Tivoli Hall this morning to play their last 3-on-3 games and prepare for the afternoon’s All-Star Game presented by Nike. A group of girls from the US Embassy then arrived for a basketball clinic led by the NBA coaches and coaches from the Basketball Federation of Slovenia. The clinic featured scrimmages and skills stations that focused on basketball fundamentals including dribbling, passing and shooting, followed by a special meet and greet and autograph session with NBA legends Rasho Nesterovic, Bostjan Nachbar, Bruno Sundov, Predrag Drobnjak, and Zarko Paspalj.

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(August 8 , 2011) After a successful event in Rio de Janeiro, Basketball without Borders now heads to Ljubljana, Slovenia from Aug. 8-11 for the highlight of the 2011 camp schedule.

This marks the first BWB camp to be held in one of the former Yugoslav republics and celebrates the program’s 10th anniversary. The 2001 inaugural camp, held in Treviso, Italy, featured 50 campers from former Yugoslav republics. The 2011 BWB Europe camp is reuniting many of the original NBA players who coached during the inaugural camp, including Vlade Divac (Serbia), Rasho Nesterovic (Slovenia), Dalibor Bagaric (Croatia), Bruno Sundov (Croatia), and Dragan Tarlac (Serbia).

First held in 2001, Basketball without Borders is the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development program that uses the sport to create positive social change in the areas of education and health and wellness.

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(August 2 , 2011) For more than a decade, Basketball without Borders has taken the game internationally to high-risk areas. But rarely has that been done more poetically than in BWB's recent trip to Brazil.

Operating in an area that was under police control just eight months ago, NBA Legends Allan Houston, Dominique Wilkins, Adonal Foyle and Sam Perkins came together with NBA staff, local organizations and 40 of the best young basketball players in the Americas to teach skills essential for basketball and life.

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