Uganda Be Kidding Me: Africa Water Safety Outreach Part 2
We spend the first part of the morning unpacking lifejackets, caps, goggles, fins, swim trunks, kickboards and children's books. The international volunteers came with or sent over all of these materials that we are going to use and teach and leave here with our students so the program can be sustainable.
When Mom Doesn’t Know How to Swim
She told me it was embarrassing and that she hadn’t thought about that moment in a long time. And that somehow it felt good to tell me about it. I told her it was okay and that a lot of people feel the same way.
Janet, 53, "Serendipity!"
The fact that Janet and I were able to meet was nothing short of serendipitous.
Ifeanyi, 32, "Water intimidates me"
It's one of the last adjectives I would use when describing water: intimidating. But this is how Ifeanyi (Ife) felt about it and I was ready to change her perception.
Nhu, 20, "First time in a pool!"
I met Nhu three years ago in my ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom at Hoover High School. She had just moved to the U.S. with her family from Vietnam. Right away, we connected when we found out we shared the same birthday. Nhu's written English was incredible- her grammar was perfect :) But she didn't speak the language or understand me at all.