Government’s National Peace Program (NPP) has embarked on another important community-targeted programme – SWIM (Strengthening, Wellness, Inspiring, Motivating) – to help children develop critical skills.
Eighty students from four primary schools in St. Lucy will get the opportunity to learn to swim under the NPP’s Seaside Aquatics Swimming Programme, which will be officially launched tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5.
The students, who have been drawn from Selah, Half Moon Fort, Ignatius Byer, and St. Lucy Primary Schools, will learn basic First Aid and CPR lifesaving skills, among other areas.
This programme is seen as a gateway for the children to participate in various water-based sports, such as water polo, diving, surfing, synchronised swimming, sailing, and fishing, which all require swimming as a basic requirement.