2024-05-22T04:15:35-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150174548/serena-williams-helps-build-schools-for-the-underprivileged Sean Joyner 2019-12-13T14:24:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c2/c235a3b148f4677d402fb0ae32dc62d3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In a recently released video, Williams donned a pair of jeans, workboats, a hardhat and went to work on Salt Marsh Elementary School in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica. Williams, who has won a total of 39 Tennis Grand Slams &ndash; including Doubles titles, has also built grade schools in Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Williams built the Marsh Elementary through a partnership with the nonprofit Helping Hands Jamaica, while the schools in Africa were in conjunction with Build Africa.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The work is part of the mission of Williams' Serena Williams Fund and her other charitable efforts, which include the Serena Williams Venture, an organization that seeks to incest in companies that embrace diverse leadership, individual empowerment, creativity, and opportunity, reports&nbsp;<em>Black Press USA.</em>&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the <a href="https://www.helpinghandsjamaica.com/" target="_blank">Helping Hands Jamaica website</a>, the foundation seeks to improve the lives of the next generation of Jamaicans and their communities by creating a world-class education system through investment in infrastructure, resource materials and expertise.<br></p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/33b50782c7a6502467949d1994eb1d77.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/33b50782c7a6502467949d1994eb1d77.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure>