“The FIFA Covid-19 Relief Plan was created to tackle the challenges that the pandemic is throwing at them via the distribution of $1.5bn in relief funds. The plan is truly groundbreaking and was designed to show football solidarity in action through a $1m grant so that they can protect and restart football. Additionally, they will all receive an extra $500,000, specifically allocated for women’s football and can apply for interest-free loans of up to $5m.”
Samoura also highlighted FIFA’s wokeness spirit through its recognition of the global problem of racism, saying, “I believe that FIFA’s response to the tragic death of George Floyd earlier this year really showed that we have become a modern organisation, with its finger on the pulse of issues that matter and is truly woke. “Of course wokeness is an ongoing process but I am proud to say that at FIFA there is more diversity, understanding, and willingness to use football as a tool for positivity than ever before.”
In addition, the FIFA secretary general referred to how the global pandemic provided an opportunity to reshape the world of football.”Although this year has put the world into a state of semi-hibernation, I believe that it has simultaneously provided us all with an opportunity to awaken ourselves to what is important and to see how we can reshape the world of football, to make it more resilient to the kind of pandemic we are currently experiencing and bring positivity to people’s lives.”
