Tennis star Roger Federer donating US$500,000 for Ukrainian children
- The Swiss sportsman established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged children
- Elsewhere, Middlesbrough football club to donate share of gate receipts from Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea to humanitarian aid in Ukraine
Tennis player Roger Federer, “horrified” by the images from Ukraine, announced on Friday that he is donating US$500,000 (€452,000) through his foundation “to establish access to continued schooling for Ukrainian children.”
“My family and I are horrified seeing pictures from Ukraine and heartbroken for the innocent people who have been so terribly affected. We stand for peace,” the tennis star wrote in a tweet tagged with yellow and blue hearts and a dove.
“About 6 million Ukrainian children are currently out of school and we know it is a very critical time to provide access to education,” wrote Federer. Miroslava and Roger Federer have twin girls born in 2009 and twin boys born in 2014.
“We would like to help them cope with this extremely traumatic experience.”
He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged children and said it “will be supporting War Child Holland with a donation of US$500,000 to establish access to continued schooling for Ukrainian children.”
