Roger Federer steals the limelight at the UN General Assembly as the Swiss maestro fights to make pre-school education accessible to all 

Roger Federer represented his foundation at the Big Apple in New York.

Roger Federer steals the limelight at the UN General Assembly as the Swiss maestro fights to make pre-school education accessible to all 

Roger Federer at the UN General Assembly (Image via Instagram)

Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer may have hung his racket and might not be winning Grand Slams anymore, the 42-year-old ensuring he battles the adversities in the lives of common people around the globe. Federer, the founder of the Roger Federer Foundation which supports educational projects in Southern Africa and Switzerland and strives to uplift the quality of early education children get, spoke at the UN General Assembly about the cause.

The tennis legend hogged the limelight with his speech wherein he talked about the roadblocks in achieving sustainable development and his aim to provide quality basic education to underprivileged children across the globe. Discussing the roadmap to Sustainable Development Goal 4.2, Federer highlighted the lack of funding as one of the major roadblocks. 

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“We are halfway there and we already know that we will not reach the goal. Because there is a lack of funding,” said the Swiss tennis legend. Federer then talked about the importance of quality basic education saying that not doing things the right way leaves little room for catching up later. “If we don’t do everything right from the start when it comes to education and learning, we have little chance of catching up,” he said.

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Roger Federer emphasizes the importance of early learning while backing Act For Early Years campaign

Roger Federer who has always pointed out how important quality early education is once against emphasized his point. Federer, while backing the Act For Early Years campaign launched by Theirworld, said that while being a father of four, he understands how important it is to provide quality education to children before they reach five years of age.

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Roger Federer poses with Theirworld Chair Sarah Brown while promoting Act For Early Years campaign (Image via Theirworld)

“Early learning is so important because 90% of brain development happens before they are five years old. We know that early learning has a problem with under-funding, so I’m giving my voice to that cause. We are trying to have systemic change in some of the countries so that as many children as possible can go to school and have quality early learning,” Federer opined (quotes via Theirworld).

Notably, Roger Federer has always advocated the need for quality basic education. His foundation, after being launched in 2004, has worked significantly for underprivileged children in parts of Southern Africa and Switzerland. The foundation claims to have helped more than 2 million children by the end of 2022.

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