In July 2016 , Pallares González traveled to Southern Africa and teamed up with Jane Kaye-Bailey 's Butterfly Tree Charity along with John Nomad 's Nomad Sports Academy to conduct an Exhibition and Play-Day event for a group of 20 orphans from the Mukuni Village in Livingstone - Southern Province , Zambia . Michael-Ray 's second trip to the African continent came in May 2018 , as he traveled to Ethiopia located in the Horn of Africa . He hosted a “ Play-Day ” event in collaboration with the Senai Foundation , for a group of 15 children from Hannah ’s Orphans Home in the heart of Addis Ababa , most of which have tragically lost their parents to either the HIV/AIDS epidemic or imprisonment of their parents . Pallares González next visited the East African country of Zimbabwe in June 2018 , to host a tennis academy “ Stage & Clinic ” for a group of 25 children from Mutasa Primary School in the Highfield township of Harare . The event was held at the historic Harare Sports Club in collaboration with the National Tennis Federation of Zimbabwe , the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee , and the Zimbabwe Sports & Recreation Commission . That same month , Michael-Ray traveled to Rwanda , one of the smallest countries on the African mainland located in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa . He collaborated with the Rwanda Tennis Federation and the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee to host a training session for ten of the top juniors in the nation along with several national coaches to assist in further developing the sport of tennis in Rwanda , providing opportunities for young players and coaches to gain knowledge and have access to tennis supplies . The event took place during the final weekend of the Genocide Memorial Tennis Tournament at the National Training Center based out of the Stade National Amahoro in Kigali , Rwanda 's capital and largest city . In December 2015 , North Okkalapa Township located in the eastern part of Yangon , Myanmar in southeast Asia was host to an event . The event was held at the Damayaketa Monastery for 25 children from the Myat Mingalar Orphanage . In September 2018 , in collaboration with the Guam National Tennis Federation and the Guam National Olympic Committee , Michael-Ray organized two events on the island of Guam , which is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean . It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States , along with the Northern Mariana Islands . The first Play-Day event was held for 20 girls and women in partnership with the Guaiya Todu Foundation , a non-profit organization striving to promote the sport of tennis to aspire and empower girls and women of all ages . Pallares González then partnered with the Mañelu Foundation , a nonprofit institution that helps children reach their potential through professionally supported mentoring relationships , to host a Play-Day event for a group of 30 children
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Rwandan genocide
Michael-Ray Pallares González