Jelena Ristic visited Priboj

Jelena Ristic, the director of the Novak Djokovic Foundation visited Priboj on December 27th 2012. She was received by the mayor, Lazar Rvovic, and the president of the tennis club “Priboj 1880”, Mirko Tosic. Priboj owned the first tennis courts in Serbia and the Novak Djokovic Foundation is interested to help Priboj to build infrastructure and to promote the sport of tennis in the community. The mayor and Jelena did a short visit of the current sports facilities and showed the newly constructed tennis courts. The Novak Djokovic Foundation through strong partnerships with civil associations or organizations is planning to create an environment for children from disadvantaged communities where they can develop values ​​and skills that will enable them to start life successfully and help them to develop their full potential with the hope that in the future, they will contribute to positive change in the community.

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Novak Djokovic Foundation and Center for Interactive Pedagogy join forces

Novak Djokovic Foundation and Center for Interactive Pedagogy from Belgrade (CIP) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly design and implement educational programs for pre-school children. Thanks to a shared vision and experience of experts from the Foundation and CIP, all future activities will be devoted to improvement of accessibility and quality of education of pre-school children, as well as development of their talents in order to achieve significant results in fields of science, culture and sports.

The Necker Cup 2012

 

Novak and Jelena went to the Necker Cup where each evening ended with a unique cocktail and dinner experience concluding with an “End of the World” awards dinner, party and auction on December 12. One hundred percent of all donations from the auction would directly benefit the local BVI community, Virgin Unite, the National Tennis Foundation, Novak Djokovic Foundation and other ATP and WTA player charities. During live and silent auction where guests were bidding on many interesting items donated by various athletes, artists, and celebrities, it was raised more than $500,000.

$144,000 were put aside to support Novak Djokovic Foundation. The rest of the money raised went to fund other foundations respectively.

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The Winter Whites Gala

Jelena and Novak at the Winter Whites Gala at Royal Albert Hall

ATP World Tour Finals 2012

Jelena during Novak’s first match in London.

Jelena in Japan for the launching of “Clothes for Smiles”

Jelena went to Japan to support Novak during the launching of “Clothes for Smiles”.

Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic visit kindergarten in Lesnica

Novak Djokovic, UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia and the celebrated tennis champion, visited today the “Beneath the Linden Trees” kindergarten in the village of Lesnica, 150 km west of the Belgrade capital, to raise awareness of the importance of investment in early development and early childhood learning. During the visit, Novak spent time with the children, talked to their parents and caregivers, and met with local authorities.

The Novak Djokovic Foundation’s inaugural dinner

Novak Djokovic Foundation raises $1,400,000 for children at inaugural benefit dinner

The Foundation founder and UNICEF Ambassador has galvanized awareness for helping early childhood education. Many friends from the world of sport, fashion industry and business environment, and philanthropists, were there to support the Foundation’s efforts: Hollywood actor Andy Garcia, fashion top model Anja Rubik, Sasha Knezevic, famous designers Donna Karan and Tommy Hilfiger, movie producer Milutin Gatsby, business magnate Ronald Burkle…

US Open 2012

Jelena looking perfect watching Novak against Benneteau.
She even took pic with a fan : “@maggiewalsh21: Met @DjokerNole ‘s girlfriend, Jelena Ristic ! She’s suuuch a sweetheart ! So great meeting her.”