Empower Girl Child Support Rugby
Tournament in Large Numbers ,Zambia Breweries
By Ashton Kelly Bunda
Zambia
Breweries head of Marketing Thelma Kaunga says the beverage company want to nature other disciplines of sports and
has appealed to Zambians to turn up in large numbers at the 10 nations pre-qualifiers tournament hosted by Zambia at the show
grounds from 1st July to 2nd July 2023.
Spe
aking during the cheque presentation ceremony hosted by the Minister of Sports ,Youth and Arts Elvis Nkandu where Zambia breweries donated K620,000 to Zambia rugby Union 7 sevens at Government complex in Lusaka 22nd June 2023 , Kaunga said sports is one of the ways to empower the girl child and creating employment .
“we are
marketers and as Zambia Breweries we want to help athletes to market and put
Zambia on world map earlier we supported
the Zambian Super League soccer, the men’s rugby tournament earlier and this
time around is the women’s 7s tournament our aim is to nature other sports
disciplines ,there are no minor sports with Zambia Breweries,” the head of
marketing explained.
And the
minister of youth,sports and Arts Elvis Nkandu said the Zambian girls must take
advantage of playing at home to emerge winners at the tournament and the New
Dawn government has provided an enabling environment for sports to thrive and
become a career.
He said
sports is a tool to alleviate poverty among youths and create employment since
athletics has become a full career the world over .
Nkandu told
the media that the corporate society has confidence in the New Dawn
Administration ,hence they are coming in to support and that Zambia Breweries
is leading the way.
“this Zambrew
we know , they have been supporting sports since time immemorial , they used to
sponsor national soccer tournaments and other sports disciplines , they have
contributed to building the Zambian sports history,” Nkandu commended .
The event
will see the top 3 teams out the ten qualify for Africa women’s sevens Paris
Olympics games 2024 final qualifiers in Tunisia.
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