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Welcome to the official Roger Federer Foundation Twitter account. Here, you will find information about our work and related topics.
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Thank you for hosting us. We look forward to further collaboration in accelerating acces to early childhood education for all children in Zambia #President RepublicofZambia #SDG4
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Covid-19 is a global health and economic crisis. As a humanitarian response, the Roger Federer Foundation has granted one million USD to provide nutritious meals for 64,000 vulnerable young children and their families through our partners in Africa while schools are closed.
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We made an effort to present the new Roger Federer Foundation Annual Report 2017 as early as possible. Have a look and find out more about our work or #SDG4 #educationempowers #strategicgrantmaking
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Join Roger on his emotional trip to Malawi🇲🇼. Watch the full video on our Youtube channel. Watch here📹:
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School Readiness in Malawi🇲🇼 . Roger is handing over 3'000 tablets to the Minister of Gender with content to capacitate early learning mentors. The tablets allow access to knowledge & learning regardless of place, time and qualification. #EarlyLearningKiosk #SDG4.@MoGCDSW_Malawi
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To reach sustainability is our biggest challenge. Listen to Roger in the full version of the Foundation Talk
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All Children have a Right To Education. This is our obligation. The @rogerfedererfdn has almost reached one million children with its educational programs. Grace is one of them. But there are so many more waiting for us - for you. Join us! #WorldChildrensDay #educatonempowers
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The film to the visit of Roger in Zambia during the last days. Great people, high emotions, true impact.
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Our annual report 2018 is out! Read about our programmes supporting children's #education. Link to the report: #educationempowers #earlychildhoodeducation #earlychildhood #education #annualreport2018
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Roger besucht Kinder des Programms "Empowerment", ein Förderfond für ausserschulische Bildung der Winterhilfe. Jedes 15. Kind in der Schweiz ist von Armut betroffen. Diese Kinder haben ein Recht auf gleiche Bildungschancen. oder
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On his first day in Lesotho🇱🇸, @rogerfederer met with high-level government officials. He urged for #earlylearning to be scaled up, meeting with key decision-makers in government as well as from the private and development sectors.
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Thank you for playing an important role as we unite with other important stakeholders to empower the preschool children of Lesotho. English version: #earlyeducation.
En visite au Lesotho, @rogerfederer, le philanthrope & champion de tennis, a encouragé le gouvernement, les organismes de développement et du secteur privé à mobiliser plus de ressources pour soutenir l'éducation de la petite enfance. 🔗 @rogerfedererfdn
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On our way to Eastern Province in Zambia visiting our community school programmes #educationempowers
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How can children learn when they are constantly hungry? School feeding is crucial in particular for younger children. Have a look at our partner @Camfed experience of community driven school feeding in rural Zimbabwe. Link to the paper: #educationempowers
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How to include children in school governance: see the fascinating experience of our partners documented in a paper
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Thank you for hosting us! 🙌.
We are pleased to host @rogerfedererfdn to come see the work he supports #SchoolReadinessInitiative thank you @rogerfederer
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Congrats @rogerfederer for the 98th title. Your training camp in Africa was a great preparation.
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"Every time I visit our programs, I can see this great progress on the ground". Watch and listen to Janine Händel, CEO of the Roger Federer Foundation, talking about the Foundation's work: #educationempowers #educationmatters #educationforall
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The third edition of our Partner Paper series gives you valuable information about Income Generating Activities. A huge thanks to our partners @CPSZimbabwe @Camfed @ActionAid Malawi, and @paf_zm for their contribution!. #educationempowers #IGA
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Happy Birthday to our founder Roger 4️⃣0️⃣!. ➡️For more than 17 years the Roger Federer Foundation has been committed to enhance a world where children living in poverty are able to take control of their future and actively shape it. Keep #inspring all of us👏, @rogerfederer!
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Our Annual Report 2020 is out! We reflect on an intense year as we proactively responded to the pandemic with special interventions, but also continued our regular programmes by acting flexibly. We will continue to do this with full vigor. #education
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As more countries are going into lockdown, we understand that schools closing, working remotely and physical distancing can be difficult to navigate. Here are a few helpful tips for parenting during COVID-19.
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Together for a good start in education! In the name of the children we thank you for your incredible support at #MatchInAfrica . With 3.5 million USD raised we can give 90,000 children a better education. #schoolreadiness #Solidarity #CapeTown
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We thank our partner @ROCS for a great fieldvisit in two community schools in Lundazi. You are doing a fantastic job and are changing children’s life. #ECD #schoolreadiness #ReformedOpenCommunitySchools
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Roger Federer will play in Cape Town, South Africa on February 7, 2020 with Rafael Nadal.for the benefit of children in the region #matchinafrica6capetown #philanthropy #RogerFederer #RafaelNadal #BillGates #TrevorNoah
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2.5 million USD raised at #MatchforAfrica in Silicon Valley. Thank you @SavannahGuthrie @BillGates @JackSock for your incredible support.
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We thank our partner @paf_zm for arranging an unforgettable opening of the community school class block in Kamulaseni, Chipata. Great that the children have now acces to a quality learning environment. #educationempowers #peoplesactionforum #communityschools #SDG4
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We successfully conducted a 10yr #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment programme with @ActionaidM in Malawi. 154'000 children got access to quality ECD svcs. We thank @MalawiGovt for providing a prospering environment+our co-donors CreditSuisse, Re&Act Roche, Starbucks Fdn for their support
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On the generous invitation of the family Knie Roger spent a great afternoon with several hundred children from disadvantaged families in the Circus. Read the full story in German at #Winterhilfe #ZirkusKnie @Lindt
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The dream team is out again. Roger: “I am doing the running, Bill is doing the thinking. ” #MatchForAfrica5
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We are wishing you all a very Happy New Year 2020. "I remain committed to empowering millions of children because children are tomorrow's future"- Roger Federer.
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Our Annual Report 2021 is out! . Since 2003, nearly 2 million children have benefited from a better quality of education. We remain committed to empower disadvantaged children!. ℹ️ #EarlyChildhoodEducation #educationempowers
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Watch out the video of Roger Federer's inspirational visit to Namibia earlier this week on #schoolreadiness #earlychildhoodeducation #CAFO #LLCL #WAD.
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It's #worldwaterday! Access to clean water improves children's health and increases attendancy rates at schools. #cleanwater #educationempowers
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While schools were closed during lock-down we could provide food packages to 108'000 vulnerable children and their families in order to avoid malnutrition. Fortunately, schools are slowly opening up and children have access to school meals again. #education #school
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Watch our youtube video: @rogerfederer talks about becoming a philanthropist: .#impact #philanthropy #strategicgrantmaking
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What tennis and philanthropy have in common. Roger as guest author on the Gates Notes … via @billgates #philanthropy #strategicgrantmaking
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"I feel the society speaks and we listen. I feel it's my job to reply (to society), to try to change people's minds.".Learn more about Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu and his hyperrealistic paintings: #thepowerofafrica #africanculture #africanart
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It's international literacy day. When was the last time you read a story to your children? It's starts tonight #educationempowers #care
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The Roger Federer Foundation has a new website! We invite you to read about our mission and our programmes in Southern Africa and Switzerland. #education #empowers.
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Two inspiring philanthropists fight for the same cause. @rogerfederer and @BillGates raise money at the Match for Africa 5 in the Silicon Valley for children in Africa. Watch the video how they prepare!
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Im Rahmen unseres Themenabends zu Bewegung und zur frühmotorischen Förderung haben wir die Handreichung «Frühe Kindheit bewegt» 👶🧒herausgegeben, die von unserer Partnerorganisation MMI verfasst wurde (Download ➡️ . Danke fürs lesen und weiterleiten!
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When we work together we can achieve amazing results! @EAA_Foundation have proven #ItIsPossible to make real progress on global education. 10 million of the world’s hardest-to-reach children will have access to quality primary education. #educationempowers
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Take a break from learning and move your body! .It makes you happy too 😁 . #educationempowers #dancing #breaktime #education
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Roger attending an inauguration of our programme Natural School Playgrounds in Switzerland🇨🇭. In cooperation with our partners, we promote the distribution of the #naturalplayground approach in Swiss schools. 100 schools will be supported professionally and financially by 2025.
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This year, we reached a milestone: we have given over 2 million children access to improved preschool education. The unwavering dedication of our partners made this possible. A heartfelt thank you for all your hard work! Wishing all our followers a joyful Festive Season!✨
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Bill Gates and Roger Federer in the NBC US Today Show talking about their charitable Engagement. Two philantopists for one cause: #strategicgrantmaking #philanthropy #educationempowers #MatchforAfrica
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Today, we are not only celebrating our 15th anniversary, but also the achievement of our goal to support 1 mio children with our programs. This has only been possible with the great work of our partner organisations – thank you so much. #1millionchildrenreached
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We feel honored and encouraged to welcome the National Postcode Lottery among our long-term funding partners and would like to thank all participants of the @PostcodeLoterij! . #goedgeldgala #SDG #educationempowers #strategicphilanthropy #Dutchpostcodelottery
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“When you have an idea, if you pursue it, if you persist, you’ll succeed.…The quicker you fail, the faster you learn, the quicker you grow.” Read the whole article about Eric Kaduru who left his job to become an agripreneur : #thepowerofafrica
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"While enrolment in primary education in developing countries has reached 91%, 57 million children remain out of school". More information on why quality education matters: #SDG #educationmatters
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Greetings from a field visit in Limpopo South Africa. It is always astonishing how children in Africa pay attention to the teacher. #educationempowers #teachertraining
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay. A girl in Zambia smiling during playtime. This is what we're striving for. #educationempowers #earlyeducation #girlseducation #equality #SDG4
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How did our Regional Representative, @InaMozhendi , experience her first fieldtrip with @rogerfederer ? Read her blog and find out
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A huge thanks to our valuable donor @WyssFoundation who has committed to an unearmarked donation of 5 million CHF for the next five years after their three-year 1,5 million co-funding of our early learning initiative in Zimbabwe. #educationempowers #earlychildhood
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We are so grateful to @ChristiesInc for this unique opportunity to raise funds for our educational programmes. Hopefully, it will be a great success! #education.
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Happy New Year! In 2019, too, we want to see as many children playing at school as possible. This is so crucial for their development. #educationempowers #learningthroughplay #happynewyear2019 #education #educationmatters
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Great insights from these Global Youth Ambassadors on getting #EarlyLearning on the priority list. Thank you to @GPforEducation and @unfoundation for giving @RogerFederer this opportunity. Together, we call upon leaders to #ActForEarlyYears! #UNGA78
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When was the last time you visited a library? It's a great place for children to start reading or find new entertaining books!.#reading #educationmatters #educationempowers #library
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This is Marissa. She is dreaming about becoming a nurse. Let's give this girl the chance due to quality education #DayoftheGirl #SDG4
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"Children who read more get better at it". Children with parents who have this mind-set can make significant progress in both reading and writing. Read the whole article: #educationempowers.#earlychildhoodeducation.#readingmatters
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“Babies’ brains are equipped to handle more than one language”. Read the interesting interview with Janet F. Werker, researcher in the field of developmental psychology: #earlychildhooddevelopment #languagelearning #educationempowers
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Season’s Greetings and best holiday wishes from the Roger Federer Foundation! Merry #Christmas to those celebrating!🎄
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Our Annual Report 2019 is out! We have fully dedicated it to our new School Readiness strategy, which started in 2019 and will last until 2025. We are excited to share with you our first lessons learnt. #education #readyforschool.Link to our report:
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Early Childhood Education is essential if we want the number of repeaters in primary schools to decline. #educationempowers #earlychildhoodeducation
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This Floating Bicycle is such a wonderful invention. It helps school children to cross flooded streets. #thepowerofafrica #invention
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"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." (B.B. King)
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"Early childhood [. ] is the most critical developmental stage in a person’s life. By their fifth birthday, a child’s brain will already be 90% developed". Read the interesting blog entry by Pauline Rose and Ben Hewitt: #educationempowers #earlychildhood
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“Children need parents and teachers who give them helpful messages about their capacity to learn, even if they struggle at first.” .Read the whole blog entry by @ChildFamilyBlog on how adults can influence a child's learning: #EducationMatters
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Since 2014, RFF is investing in early childhood education in Namibia. Currently, a national-wide School Readiness Initiative is running. It's a seven-year programme in order to give the most vulnerable Namibian young learners a good start into education.
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, a high number of 21% of children of primary school age are not in school - compared to only 2% in Europe and 9% globally. It's time to close this gap. #EducationForAll #educationempowers #SDG4
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"Education really gives you the opportunity to learn for life", Roger Federer. Watch the whole video: #educationempowers #educationmatters #earlychildhood #earlychildhoodeducation
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"My Africa is my superpower". Watch the inspiring video about South African visual artist Trevor Stuurman: #thepowerofafrica #VisualArt
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It does not take much to offer a child friendly early learning environment. This ECD center in Zambia is entirely built by the community
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Impressions from our field-visit in Zambia, Eastern Province: Rural children get access to quality preschooling thanks to the initiative of the community to build a structure and pay a preschool teacher #educationempowers #SDG4 #communityinclusivness
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Official opening of our 44th Model ECD center in Nchisi, Malawi. Thank you @actionaidmalawi for the great work for benefit of the youngest
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"The development of mathematical skills begins long before children enter school." - Venera Gashaj. Learn about the relationship between motor skills and mathematical cognition at . #earlyeducation #educationempowers #education
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A child without education is like a bird without wings (Tibetan proverb). #educationempowers #educationmatters #earlychildhoodeducation #education
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Play should be part of every child's education! .#educationempowers #learningthroughplay
DYK?.Children develop and learn through play.Play stimulates mental and emotional as well as physical development. Through play children learn to use their bodies, develop imagination, learn how to interact with others and create meaningful relationships. #ForEveryChild, play!
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Play is an essential part of children's education. And it makes them happy. #educationempowers #learningthroughplay #playground
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On behalf of @rogerfederer, we thank our co-hosts, @swiss_un, @UnKenya @GPEforEducation and @UNICEF for a successful event at #UNGA. Together, we call on all governments to make #earlyeducation a priority to fulfill #SDG 4.2!.
Tune in as @rogerfederer @GPECEO @ToyinSaraki @AminaJMohammed discuss the importance of investing in education for children’s well-being. WATCH 👉
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A teacher can change a pupil's life. But the higher the pupil-teacher ratio, the more challenging to focus on each pupil individually. The chart shows a national average! In rural areas there are often more than 100 pupils per teacher. What an impossible mission. #SDG4 #education
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"Teaching [. ] in the language that the child speaks and understands is one of the most effective ways to reduce school failure and drop out in the early grades." Blog entry by @GPforEducation: #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #educationempowers
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@frnadal @RafaelNadal Congratulations on that milestone! Keep up the inspirational work! 🙌. At this point, we are happy to share a moment from last years Match in Africa 6 where children got inspired! 📷
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Number of children in developing countries who remain out of school. More than half of children who have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa. (.#educationempowers #SDG4 #educationmatters
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Roger is giving an interview on CNN at the occasion of our 15th anniversary. Enjoy! #effectivephilanthropy #givingback.
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We wish you all a very merry Christmas!.Read about 5 African Christmas traditions by follwoing the link:
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"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness." - William Arthur Ward. Our mission is providing children with an education and a reason to smile. #educationempowers #smile #educationmatters #earlychildhood
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"Communication and participation by everyone involved [. ] are very important" for teachers to help children make a successful transition to school. Wilfried Griebel talks about transitions from preschool to the formal school system: #educationempowers
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Mothers and their school meals are the backbone of the community. Read the whole article of our team member Ina on
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A good hygiene at school increases attendance rate. Washing hands is essential. "Tippy Taps" are simple and low cost #educationempowers
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