YDOB continues with its swimming program for disabled children.Indonesia is an island archipelago yet very few people learn how to swim. Drownings are a common occurrence with the majority of people having no understanding of the inherent dangers surrounding activities near or in a water environment. However, there are many children who go against the norm and learn how to swim, show talent and skill, and develop a love for the sport and a desire to achieve excellence. Unfortunately these children are in the minority rather than the majority. *World Health Organisation estimates that 2% of all preventable deaths of children in Asia are caused by drowning. In Indonesia, with a population of over 220,000,000 people, (28.4% are aged under 15yrs#) this would equate to over 3,000 children each year will drown. A staggering and frightening figure, particularly when the vast majority would be preventable.
In Bali, along the south coast between Seseh Beach and Nusa Dua almost 300 people are rescued by the Balawista Surf Lifesaving each year, with approximately 5% becoming a fatality statistic. Many of those rescued are Indonesians on holidays who have little or no understanding of the dangers and no experience with water awareness and/or survival techniques. Children are our most treasured asset and anything we can do to protect them or to make them safer is well worth the effort. Do you agree?
In July , BSF will host the Bali Ocean Swim s is an initiative that through support and assistance of Bali Sports Foundation and the right promotion will be able to provide swimming and water safety lessons for the disabled children on Bali, and in the future, Indonesia as a whole.
Our Simple Plan:
As the program grows we can train local unskilled Indonesians to become Internationally recognised swim teachers, thereby giving them a skill that they can use to earn money for their families and communities
The swimming program continues with over 120 disabled children in Bali.It is a daunting prospect for any child to learn to swim if they have not been introduced to water environments when babies or toddlers. For many reasons some children are more adventurous and easier to teach than others. Children with disabilities must, not only, overcome their fear of water but also adapt their learning to accommodate for their disability.
However, in many circumstances, particularly children with physical disabilities, learning to swim is an invigorating, empowering and liberating exercise. A water environment is an equalising medium that can see a child with disabilities progress just as quickly as an able bodied child if achievable goals are set from the outset. Learning is no different and teachers need to be patient, considerate but firm with each student.
They don’t see themselves as being disabled, what they see is their normality, it is the same every day and to them, that is normal. The teachers at BSF have learnt to treat the students exactly the same as any student that comes to their classes. They teach to the level of the child, they set realistic goals for each child, they encourage and they challenge and when the student achieves a goal, they celebrate with the child. This may be as simple as learning to float unaided, which is much harder for children with disabilities than for others.
Through the swimming programs at BSF parents and/or carers, plus our teachers, are gaining just as much as the children. They are learning that with or without a disability children can achieve anything they set their mind to, the children become the teachers and anyone who sees them achieving goals and revelling in the sheer enjoyment of their participation can only be inspired in their own life. Learning swimming and water safety is a life skill, something that could save your life and that of another and this is just as important, if not more so, for those living with disabilities.
The Bali Sports Foundations swimming program had its first competition on May 29,2016 with over 60 competitors swimming in the Friendly Games.With more funding we can increase the number of participants.That said we continue with what we can afford and move forward.
RESULTS
Category : Deaf/Mute 50 Breastroke
Finale Winner
1 Ayu Intan Melisa MaharaniI
2 SriwatiII
Category : Tuna Amutee/Polio 50 Breastroke
Finale Winner
1 Ni Komang SukreniI
Category : Autistic 25 Breastroke
Male Name Winner
1I Kadek Adi Dwi Wirya PutraI
2I Putu Moreno FerdinandII
3I Wayan Abhinaya Karawista
Category :Intellectually Disabled 25 Free Style
Female Name
1 Ayu TiniI
2 Ni Luh SekarnitiII
3 Ni Wayan AriantiIII
Category : Cerebral Palsy 25 Free Style
Female NameWinner
1I Gede Yudita Jaya RanarjaI
2I Putu Andrayuga Palgunarsa NurjayaII
3I Gede Edi Saputralll
Category : Intellectual Disabilities 25 breastroke
Male NameWinner
1I Kadek SugiartaI
2I Kadek HartawanII
3OkiIII
BSF has been invited to start swimming programs in Lombok in 2017,which we hope to be able to do.
We would to do more with your help,
We have raised almost 10% of the required funds.
BSF has started the swimming program with limited numbers of disabled but we hope to expand the program to intended 100 children with the help of Global Giving funding.
Indonesia is an island archipelago yet very few people learn how to swim. Drownings are a common occurrence with the majority of people having no understanding of the inherent dangers surrounding activities near or in a water environment. However, there are many children who go against the norm and learn how to swim, show talent and skill, and develop a love for the sport and a desire to achieve excellence. Unfortunately these children are in the minority rather than the majority. *World Health Organisation estimates that 2% of all preventable deaths of children in Asia are caused by drowning. In Indonesia, with a population of over 220,000,000 people, (28.4% are aged under 15yrs#) this would equate to over 3,000 children each year will drown. A staggering and frightening figure, particularly when the vast majority would be preventable.
BSF has request from NGO's in Bali to provide swimming lessons to
Autistic,
Down Syndrome,
Amputee,
Blind
Deaf Mute
Polio
and many other disabilities.
We hope with Global Giving help,we can do this.
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