Bryant: Other NBA Players Hope to Defeat Genocide

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) Villages in ashes, more then 200,000 slaughtered and the genocide in Darfur continue. "2.5 million have been displaced and aid workers are having an increasingly hard time getting supplies to many camps. Tens of thousands of women and girls have been raped, very often gang-raped, as an act of war," said Hunter Payne, Founder of Aid Still Required.

Aid Still Required a non-profit based in Los Angeles goal is to help rebuild communities that have been affected by natural disasters as well as human crises. To help keep the genocide in Darfur in the spotlight the nonprofit has issued a number of public service announcements (PSAs). "Athletes like actors and dignitaries, are listened to by a large audience. We felt running PSAs would be an effective means to get the word out," said Hunter.

Aid Still Required is getting some help from Kobe Bryant and a couple of his friends. In March Bryant was featured in a PSA that aired on ESPN. "In Darfur hundreds of thousands have been murdered, mutilated-families torn apart," says Bryant. "We have the power to save lives, to change the world."

Bryant joins several Laker players as well as other NBA players that have taped PSAs including Andrew Bynum, Baron Davis, Luol Deng, Grant Hill, Derek Fisher, Tracy McGrady, Steve Nash and many others that have been speaking up about the conflict in Darfur.

Bryant is calling out for people around the world to help end the current genocide in Darfur. "If we can unite people who are willing to take a stand, miracles can happen," says Bryant, asking, "What do you stand for?"