Rafael Nadal international ambassador

Amsterdam, 22 December 2010
The United Postcode Lotteries are proud to announce their new international ambassador: the number 1 ranked tennis player in the world, Rafael Nadal. Nadal will work to draw international attention to the United Postcode Lotteries who successfully raise funds for charities internationally.

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‘I consider myself to be a very privileged person because I’m able to do what I really like and, on top of that, do it very well. Because of this I feel that I owe a debt to society’. Rafael Nadal started the Rafa Nadal Foundation at age 22. It promotes sports among Spanish youth and gives underprivileged children in India access to education and sports facilities.

Now Rafa’s foundation has broadened its ambitions and started a unique joint project with the Spanish branch of SOS Children Villages. In the coming three years, the two organisations will develop a special new social and educational programme: ‘Integration & Sports’. The programme will support the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of children and young people with behavioural problems.

Nadal says, ‘I would like to thank the Postcode Lottery for lending their loyal support to all those good causes, including my own Rafa Nadal Foundation. Because of the lotteries help, many children will have a better future.’

The lotteries have great faith in Rafa’s foundation and the program with SOS Children Villages. Using sports and games to help children, by encouraging both individual development and social cohesion, makes good sense and fits well with their mission.

Nadal and Federer for good causes
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will pick up the racquets for a pair of back-to-back benefit exhibitions, with each man playing gratis at the event sponsored by his rival's personal charity. The clash between No. 1 Nadal and the second-ranked Federer kicks off Tuesday 21st of December in Zurich's Hallenstadion to benefit the Roger Federer Foundation, which works mainly in his mother's native South Africa. A day later, the action shifts to Madrid's Caja Magica in honour of the Fundacion Rafael Nadal.