Roger Federer: Where is the tennis star? Which president did he meet?
ROGER FEDERER is not competing at the Barcelona Open this week - but he is still keeping himself active!
Roger Federer is in Zambia
Federer, 36, has decided to withdraw from the entire clay leg of the ATP Tour.
The tennis legend, who boasts a staggering 20 Grand Slam titles, will even miss the French Open this year.
He is preparing to play at Wimbledon, where he will be defending his crown, in July.
But for now Federer has some free time to work on activities outside of tennis.
And the Swiss master has today begun a multi-day tour of Zambia, where his Roger Federer Foundation is helping support over 2,000 schools in the country.
On our way to Eastern Province in Zambia visiting our community school programmes #educationempowers pic.twitter.com/7YQ33MUzSm
— Roger Federer Fdn (@rogerfedererfdn) April 23, 2018
Roger Federer has already met Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu and is set to embark on a tour of a number of schools this week.
He will assist in teaching lessons to kids as part of his foundation’s £3.7m initiative in the country.
Roger Federer is taking time out from tennis during the clay leg of the season
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 pic.twitter.com/QGunVwYOUu
— Roger Federer Fdn (@rogerfedererfdn) April 22, 2018
In a post on his foundation’s Twitter account, Federer said: “On our way to Eastern Province in Zambia visiting our community school programmes.”
On Sunday he posted his first message from Zambia, which read: “Thank you for hosting us. We look forward to further collaboration in accelerating access to early childhood education for all children in Zambia.”