... his Sierra Leone foundation at the Right to Dream academy near Accra in Ghana, West Africa.
But death has crept closer and closer to his football academy.
In October, Ebola reached the town of Waterloo, 15 miles from the footballer’s academy near the fishing village of Tombo.
The 29 boys in Bellamy’s academy, on a stunning stretch of coastline close to the country’s capital Freetown, have remained safe.
The boys – aged 12 to 16 - have been confined to the 15-acre grounds of the academy as, all around them, Sierra Leone struggles to cope with the scale of the horror.
But now, as Ebola rages on, the former Wales and Cardiff captain, who ended his playing career at the close of last season, is confronting a heartbreaking possibility.
He is wrestling with the prospect that – temporarily at least - he will have to close down the academy and send the boys away.
Craig Bellamy (talking to the Mirror): “Who is going to join us and move to Sierra Leone at the moment? It’s not going to happen.
“I need sponsorship to help keep the academy going, too, but how can I start talking about money when entire families are being wiped out. I can’t.
“We can’t keep it open if there’s nobody to supervise the place because that would be dangerous in itself but it’s very difficult because the boys have been safe there.
“Once they leave and go back to their villages, there is a far greater risk that they are going to be exposed to Ebola.
“We’re desperately trying to make other arrangements for the boys who come from areas that have been badly affected. We’re hoping that they will be able to stay at the homes of other academy boys who live in villages that have remained free from the virus.
“The honest truth is, I don’t know when we will be able to re-open. The scale of what is happening out there is terrible.”
Bellamy moved to Newcastle United in July 2001 for £6.5 million.
Sir Bobby Robson later wrote that he was "a great player wrapped round an unusual and volatile character."
His Newcastle career got off to a flying start as he scored on his home debut in United's 1–0 win over Belgian side Lokeren in the Intertoto Cup in July.
Bellamy scored his first Premier League goal for Newcastle in the Tyne–Wear derby 1–1 draw against Sunderland at St James' Park on 28 August 2001, making him an instant crowd favourite.
Under manager Bobby Robson he formed a very productive striking partnership with Alan Shearer, Bellamy's pace complementing the former England captain's guile.
After Bobby Robson's controversial sacking in August 2004, Bellamy had a very public falling-out with his replacement as Newcastle manager, Graeme Souness, who also had altercations with stars including Laurent Robert and Olivier Bernard.
Despite the two claiming that the rift had been healed, it was announced on 23 January 2005 that the player had been omitted from the team for a Premier League match with Arsenal at Highbury stadium, a game that ended 1–0 in the Gunners' favour.
Before the match against Arsenal, Souness said that Bellamy had been left out due to a hamstring problem, but contradicted himself in a post-match interview, claiming that Bellamy was benched for being unwilling to play as a right-sided midfielder.
Minutes later, Bellamy gave an interview saying he was prepared to play in any position for his club.
However, with his Newcastle United career hanging in the balance, he later admitted that he had threatened to fake injury ahead of the Arsenal match, though in a later interview accused Souness of lying about him and his commitment to the club.
Souness responded by stating that Bellamy would never play in a Newcastle United shirt again while he was manager and consequently the club fined Bellamy two weeks' wages (about £80,000).
Bellamy ended his Newcastle career with a total of 42 goals from 128 appearances.
Bellamy made himself further unwelcome at St James' Park when some abusive text messages were allegedly sent from his phone to club captain Alan Shearer after Newcastle's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Manchester United in April 2005, while the player was still on-loan to Celtic for the remainder of that season.
Shearer was alleged to have threatened to "knock his block off" should the player have returned to Newcastle United.
On 31 January 2005 Bellamy was sent out on loan to Celtic
The Glasgow club were keen to sign him permanently, but on 7 July 2005 it was announced that he was to return to the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers for a transfer fee believed to be around £5 million.