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The Sudanese Community in Darwin Mourns the Loss of a Five Year Old Who Drowned at a Water Park

Fri, 10 Jun 11

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article /2011/05/03/229411_ntnews.html The Sudanese Community in Darwin is still mourning the loss of a five year old boy who drowned at a water park. Unfortunately, this is another person from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background to add to Australia's drowning statistics. The Aqua English Project has been shouting solutions to the increase in CALD drowning statistics for over six years now....how many more deaths before the government decides to listen?

S'women & The Aqua English Project Push for Stakeholder Meeting After High Amount of Queensland Drownings

Thu, 14 Jan 10

The S'women Program and the Aqua English Project are organising an important stakeholder meeting on the Gold Coast in order to formally address the needs of the CALD community with relation to drowning incidents in Queensland and Australia. An opportunity exists to formally engage students in English language acquisition and aquatic education. Support from key stakeholder in the community; from education, NFP organisations, re-settlement groups, business groups and tour operators, lifegaurds services and individuals is required. Please post your comments on the latest drowning of the Sudanese man on the Gold Coast, how can we contribute towards the prevention of these deaths?

S'women Participation & Level Completion Certificates

Thu, 10 Dec 09

Hi Ladies, just to let you know that the certificates will be handed out to all women who partcipated in the S'women program at the Yeronga Pool and the Sam Riley Swim School Pool from October 2008 to April 2009. Please stay tuned for more updates!

First Post

Tue, 1 Dec 09

Hello and welcome to S'women! What's the latest news? Well, we've just successfully finished the six week trial of a multicultural women's swimming program in conjunction with the Gold Coast City Council's 'Active & Healthy Mulicultural Program'.