Bismack Biyombo of the Phoenix Suns has revealed that he will use his $1.3 million salary this year to establish a hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he was born.

The effort was created to remember Biyombo’s late father, François Biyombo, who died last August, according to Biyombo, who is a Christian.

“While I was pondering how I could find anything to motivate me this year… I remember calling my agent one day and telling him that the only way I could do it this year was if we could find a position where I would fit in and play for something “In a video on the Bismack Biyombo Foundation’s YouTube page, he explains.

“I wanted to make this year about my father because he spent the majority of his life focusing on me, my brothers and sisters, and serving others,” he explained. “I informed my agency that my pay for this year would be used to build a hospital back home to give hope to the hopeless,” she said.

He went on to say, “This is the best way I [think] this year will be significant to me.” “It’s not only about winning a title; it’s also about saving lives. And I truly want to be able to go back at the end of this season and say, “I dedicated this season to my father,” “He came to a conclusion.

The NBA player added that he hopes the effort may be a part of filling the gap of limited medical care in the DCR.

Many who live in the DCR, the second-largest country in Africa, suffer from impoverished conditions. “In 2018, it was projected that 73 percent of the Congolese population, or 60 million people, lived on less than $1.90 a day (the international poverty rate),” according to the World Bank.