Maria Sharapova returns on first trip back to Chernobyl since family fled
Maria Sharapova will travel back to her parents homeland of Northern Ukraine, Chernobyl 21 years after the nuclear disaster devastated the area.
In the photo above you can see Maria Sharapova with the Children of Chernobyl Foundation during an event at the Acura Classic tennis tournament.
Sharapova still has family in the Chernobyl area including Grand Parents. Her mother and father fled to Siberia to give birth to Sharapova after the accident.
Meanwhile Maria Sharapova has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations and has donated $100,000 to help in the area.
“They wanted me to work with them because they felt like people in those areas didn’t really feel like they had a chance to survive,” Sharapova said. “They wanted me to help raise the awareness that by building schools, hospitals, cleaning the air that there is pride and a side they can head towards instead of thinking all those negative things.”
Due to limited time in her busy schedule it may not be until Wimbledon next year that she actually gets a chance to visit Chernobyl again.
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