18,000 students go through Swim Fiji program last year and Pacific Sports Partnership looks to extend on the number

The Pacific Sports Partnership put over 18,000 students through the Swim Fiji program last year and are looking forward to extending the number this year.

This was highlighted by the Let's Swim Program coordinator David Dugucanavanua who says they are also aiming to extend their programs to schools and communities in rural areas including the private sector, people living with disabilities, institutions, and other interested groups - both young and old.

The Pacific Sports Partnership is a non-governmental sporting federation that provides programs and courses to schools that trains teachers to teach water safety and drowning prevention in schools.

Dugucanavanua says the idea behind delivering a swimming program and advocating on the Lets Swim Program is to educate people on the fundamental or the basics to guide a person when they are being taught on how to swim, how to prevent drowning and what to do when a person is drowning.

Dugucanavanua says it is important that when these programs are introduced it should be sustained. 

The Pacific Sports Partnership began in 2017 by Fiji Swimming after a drastic increase in the number of drownings both young and old. 

Dugucanavanua says The Swim Fiji Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Planning Workshop and facilitator is David Goodwins who is a Consultant with GHD representing the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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