{"id":2668,"date":"2021-05-26T17:28:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2021-05-26T17:34:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:34:21","slug":"faz-announce-foundation-to-help-footballers-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/2021\/05\/26\/faz-announce-foundation-to-help-footballers-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"FAZ Announce Foundation to Help Footballers in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Satish Sekar \u00a9 Satish Sekar (May 25<sup>th<\/sup> 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Foundation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President, Andrew Kamanga, has announced a major development in the treatment Zambia\u2019s footballers can expect. FAZ will establish a Foundation which assist Zambian footballers in need. This will include those in poverty, the elderly, the disabled and those needing medical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is long overdue. Among those in need are new Life Members, Ackim Musenge and Emmy Musonda. The award of Life Membership to Musenge, in particular, ends a baffling mystery. Few can doubt that the Former Chipolopolo captain and gifted coach deserves the recognition \u2013 the mystery is the time it took to recognise his extraordinary achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"684\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684.jpg 684w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-146x146.jpg 146w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FAZ_Logo_684-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Benevolent<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation will be run by FAZ Assistant General Secretary, Joseph Chimpampwe. Sadly, many legends are no longer with us, but their legacy can and must be preserved and cherished. The Liberation Era Football Heroes who survive must be assisted rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 14 newly appointed Life Members include Mufulira\u2019s Frederic Kashimoto and Jani Simulambo. The excoriated former First Vice-President of the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Football (CAF) and President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi admitted wrongdoing in January when his life ban was reduced to 15 years. But what of the good he did. Former Ghanaian and African great, Al-Hadj Ibrahim Sunday, quietly helped distribute food and medicines to former sportsmen and women in need. Fewer knew that the Endowment Project which organised this was Nyantakyi\u2019s brainchild. Africa needs more of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EmpowerS Magazine<\/strong> Editor, Derek Miller, expressed delight at the news. \u201cWe have been fighting for this for years now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a magnificent step in the right direction. President Kamanga deserves great credit. We hope other African countries follow his lead and African football legends, especially the Liberation Footballers get the recognition they have earned and assistance they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President, Andrew Kamanga, has announced a major development in the treatment Zambia\u2019s footballers can expect. FAZ will establish a Foundation which assist Zambian footballers in need. This will include those in poverty, the elderly, the disabled and those needing medical assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,14,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2676,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions\/2676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}