Malawi Olympic Committee on Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020 had an interface meeting with selected athletes and Coaches within Lilongwe from 11 National Sports Associations. The participants were drawn from Volleyball, Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Basketball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Judo, Wrestling, Handball and Netball they were about fifty in total.
Speaking in interview, MOC`s Public Relations Officer said that the aim of the meeting was basically to discuss on the impact of COVID-19 in the sports community, to encourage coaches and athletes to keep training and practicing at home and share ideas on how to keep training while observing preventive measures of the virus.
The meeting was very resourceful as we had to hear from our athletes and coaches’ point of view on the pandemic. Our technical department will then look into those issues and rectify so as to keep every sport going”, Phiri said.
Phiri added that if they can be able to source enough funds, they will have the same kind of interface meeting in different parts of the country also.
After the meeting the participants were given one kilogram of rice, sugar and salt, two litres of cooking oil, one hundred grams of soya pieces, hand washing soap (sanitizer) and a bucket to help them sustain during this pandemic. The goods were worth MK700,000.00 in total.