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RF Foundation
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Roger Federer is not very popular in Namibia.
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RF Foundation
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The Swiss would like to get an idea of what his foundation’s projects are doing.
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RF Foundation
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In Namibia, the Maestro is received like a Federal Council.
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fresh focus
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Federer contests the “Match of Africa” against Rafael Nadal on Friday.
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It is an unusual feeling for Roger Federer (38). When the tennis star shows up in a kindergarten in Namibia, nobody wants a selfie, nobody wants an autograph. “The children don’t know him, they don’t know who’s coming,” says Janine Handel, CEO of the Roger Federer Foundation, to BLICK. “For them, he’s a nice, young man who plays with them and spends time.”
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Before the “Match for Africa”, Federer visits one of his foundation’s many projects. Its goal: to improve the school readiness of children in the country. At the pre-school and kindergarten level, the country lacks everything: money, teachers, and enough places.
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Goal: School readiness for 70 percent
And so 55 percent of Namibian children at this age either stay at home – or they go straight to 1st grade, missing a stage of development. Federer and his foundation want to work on this. By educating and training teachers with the help of tablets, apps and learning videos. One day one would like to use up to 15,000 such devices. In the end there is a concrete goal: 70 percent of the children should be ready for school in six years. Also thanks to the training and thanks to close cooperation with the authorities.
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So it doesn’t matter that the children don’t know who’s coming. Handel: “Roger is about experiencing the project and getting to know more about the effects at first hand. He therefore takes his time and seeks to talk to the teachers, the parents and the school officials. »
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Therefore, he only travels with a small entourage, only four people accompany him. “We don’t want to scare the children and experience everyday school life as real as possible.”
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«His visit has incredible leverage»
Things were more pompous yesterday: The Swiss tennis superstar was received by Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia, and two of his ministers. With everything that goes with it. As if Federer was a state guest. “A Federal Council is no longer received,” said Handel. This also entails responsibility. “There are opportunities to address issues that we value.” Federer addresses problems. “For example, that Namibia could invest a larger amount of the education budget in early education.”
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The visit to the President shows what the tennis star wants to achieve with his foundation. Patch lip politics has long ceased to be his. “We want to work at a systemic level and change the system sustainably,” explains Handel. “It also means that we do more than just plug holes, pay a few school books and school fees.”
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Federer is now “a professional philanthropist,” says Handel. And he had developed. “His visit has incredible leverage, his message is heard.”
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