Novak Djokovic: 'My Foundation helps more than 22,000 children'
In an interview to Miami Talk Magazine, Novak Djokovic commented on his work with his Foundation named after him. They are mostly focused on pre school children from three to five years of age. "After 12 years spent in serving our community, we can proudly announce that behind our work there are 43 kindergartens opened all over Serbia, more than 22,000 children touched by our programs, 1,575 professionally trained teachers and facilitators, several thousand parents, and tens of programs implemented by the Foundation. To further our mission, we are cooperating with the University Harvard’s Center on Developing Child, World Bank, the German Chamber of Commerce and hundreds of companies from our country and the world, which have recognized our efforts to improve the starting positions for children", said Djokovic.
Commented on the difficulties they consistently face, the 15-time Major winner added: "There are obviously many challenges in running any charity, but we are grateful to have had wonderful partners over the years who made our work really rewarding. Thanks to the great cooperation we nurtured with all of them over the years, we realized that it’s much less stress for all of us when we support each other in everything since the biggest challenge for all of us are changing laws and regulations. Those complicate our work and sometimes make us have to start again but if there is understanding on all sides, there is really nothing that challenging that work will suffer. Since our Foundation only invests in sustainable programs, our partners are local authorities on whom we lean on for all necessary procedures, permits and building sites, and local preschool institutions, who are left in charge of running preschools on our behalf."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2PnhllJ
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