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FIFA in 2009 once more gave FAM its annual grant worth $ 250,000, approximately MK35,000,000.
The funds are released in quarterly tranches and they target 7 pillars set by FIFA itself, namely: Youth football, Men Competition, Women football, Technical Development, Refereeing, Medical, Planning and Administration.
At face value the figure sounds huge but when a range of activities FAM carries out are taken into account, a lot more finances are required in order for the Association to fulfill its obligations.
Moreover, it has to be borne in mind that FAP is like project money meant for specific activities and nothing else. Once funds are diverted and FIFA come to know about it, they reserve the right to curtail funding to the concerned Member Association.
The successes of our national teams particularly, the Under 17 and Senior sides could not have been achieved without sufficient government financial support.
In the 2009 financial year, government gave FAM a grant of K90 million purely for the senior and junior national teams activities.
But with the on going joint preliminaries of the 2010 FIFA and CAf AFCON qualifiers and also the U-17's preparations and participation at the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals in Nigeria, there arose a need for more funding.
To this effect, a further K56 million was released to enable the the senior national team complete its assignments in Angola in January 2010 at the Orange Africa Cup of Nations finals.
With the 2nd funding provision, the total grant from government stood at K146 million in 2009, making it the biggest grant ever received in the history of football in one season.
FAM is grossly indebted to its chief sponsor, Malawi Government for all it is doing to develop the game of football in Malawi.
Throughout 2009, there were notable donations that came from various sources. The most significant were the ones given by the corporate world when senior Malawi national team qualified for the 2010 AFCON finals to be held in Angola in January 2010.
Under failed attempts to woe the corporate world in assisting the national team, FAM under the leaderships of Walter Nyamilandu-Manda and Flames Task-force Chairman Wilkins Mijiga managed to convince Professor Matthews Chikaonda (Press Corporation Chief Executive Officer) to champion a cause of sourcing extra funding to enable the national team prepare and travel to Angola in January 2010.
Indeed, special thanks and recognition should go to Professor Matthews Chikaonda, Wilkins Mijiga and also the Honourable Minister of Youth, Development and Sports Dr. Lucius Kanyumba, MP for their tireless work in sourcing money for the Flames as the national team is popularly known.
As the year ended, the following companies had made donations to the Flames:
Financial Assistance Programme
Government Grant
Corporate Donations
No
|
Company
|
Amount (MK)
|
1
|
Toyota malawi Limited
|
2,000,000.00
|
2
|
First Merchant Bank
|
2,000,000.00
|
3
|
Carlsberg
|
5,000,000.00
|
4
|
Arkay Plastics
|
200,000.00
|
5
|
Standard Bank
|
2,000,000.00
|
6
|
Universal Industries Limited
|
1,000,001.00
|
7
|
Malawi Revenue Authority
|
2,000,000.00
|
8
|
HTD Limited
|
1,000,000.00
|
9
|
Reserve Bank of Malawi
|
1,500,000.00
|
10
|
Simama Enterprise
|
500,000.00
|
11
|
Ninkawa Transport
|
500,000.00
|
12
|
National Bank of Malawi
|
2,000,000.00
|
13
|
NICO Group
|
2,000,000.00
|
TOTAL
|
21,700,001.00
|
CAF - ADIDAS 2009 Contract
To should be noted that all other donations that are to be made in the year 2010 for the same cause will be reflected in the 2010 annual report.
In 2009, FAM through the CAF-Adidas Contract to supply sporting equipments to national teams on one year renewable contracts, benefited by receiving the following equipments: 30 Presentation suits, 240 team jerseys, 240 match shorts, 240 match socks, 240 marking vests, 60 training balls and 40 match balls.
