Whats Got Michael Pinball Clemons, Head Coach of the Toronto Argonauts Fired Up About Uganda?
TORONTO, Aug. 23 /CNW/ – Last April ‘Pinball’ Clemons, along with his wife Diane, Dave McComiskey, Executive Director of Christian Blind Mission and Lin’s O’Connor CBM Media Manager/Fan590 ISR Host travelled to Uganda, Africa to visit CBM projects where some of the world’s most forgotten children with disabilities live. “I’ve seen pictures of families living in small huts that are made of clay with straw as the rooftops. I’ve seen pictures of people in need…I knew what poverty is,” says Clemons, “but from seeing it, I now understand and there is a huge difference between the two.” The Clemons were so moved by what Canadians can do to help the disadvantaged, upon their return they decided to help build a second operating room at Kumi hospital that services disabled children. “If you are disabled a lot of times you are ostracized in these communities,” Clemons says. “These are the poorest children of the poor.” Helping to build a new operating room may give these children a better futu