Maya Jama bought our basketball club a new minibus after the old one failed the MOT – she’s a lovely person
LOVE Island’s Maya Jama scored a slam dunk with an inner-city basketball team — by donating £56,000 for a minibus.
Show host Maya, 29, gave the cash to Bristol Storm after learning they had collected just £100 in a fund-raising drive for new wheels.
Maya, who is from Bristol, wrote to club coach David Senart offering to help after her young brother, who plays for the under-16s, explained the old bus had failed its MoT.
She previously went to an awards ceremony for the squad which has teams from under-12s to adults.
David, 44, said: “She’s a lovely person. When she said she wanted to buy us a new minibus, I cried.
"She saw the importance of what we’re doing and the impact on these kids’ lives.
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"It was lovely gesture because we’d never have that sort of money.”
The 14-seat minibus was delivered last week.
Maya, who dated rapper Stormzy, has made good money from sponsorship and hosting shows on MTV, Radio 1 and Channel 4.
She declined to comment.
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