After finishing a workout on a recent April afternoon, Bismack Biyombo stepped outside of his Charlotte-area home and received a surprising text from his father, Francois. “Congrats, you just had your first set of twins,” the message read.
“My first set of twins?” a puzzled Biyombo wrote back.
As his father relayed more information, Biyombo felt not only relief, but also a great sense of pride.
In recent years, the Hornets forward has made it his mission to provide affordable health care access to those in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo. His foundation has refurbished one of the largest hospitals in Kinshasa, the DRC’s capital city, and a hospital in his hometown of Lubumbashi.