The Irish Embassy in Malawi has come out to assist preparation of 4 paralympic athletes forward of the 2024 version of Paris Paralympic Video games slated for late August.
The Embassy introduced a money donation of K5.3 million to Malawi Paralympic Committee at Bingu Nationwide Stadium the place the athletes are doing their coaching.
Talking after presenting the donation, the Irish Ambassador to Malawi, Seamus O’Grady, stated it was vital for the athletes to coach and achieve confidence earlier than travelling to France for the video games.
“I believed it was vital that Malawian athletes ought to have the ability to take part. My expectation is that the athletes will go there and revel in themselves and they’re going to symbolize Malawi proudly. In the event that they win a medal, that will probably be nice however it’s not all about profitable medals,” stated O’Grady.
Malawi Paralympic Committee President, James Chiutsi, stated Paralympics are costly and it felt good to get assist from the Irish Embassy.
“We’re so excited with this donation. The Irish Embassy has responded positively. That is very encouraging. Athletes in Paralympics must be escorted and the gear for such video games can be costly. We had a scarcity of 10 million. Now that the Irish Embassy has given us 5.3 million, we nonetheless want 4.7 million Kwacha,” defined Chiutsi.
And paraympic athlete, Mphatso Saukile from Zomba, stated he expects to do properly in Paris.
Mentioned Saukile:”I count on a great competitors there. I hope to work exhausting and do properly. This donation has motivated all of us.”
Paralympic video games will begin on twenty seventh August and finish on eighth September. The Malawi Paralympic workforce will depart on August twenty first and return on September eleventh.
