Ny bรถrjan i vattnet. Tvรฅ berรคttelser frรฅn vรฅra studenter
This year we are participating in TIA Stockholm (Early integration for asylum seekers in Stockhlom) with WATERSTART project and we have completed several swimming courses for asylum seekers over spring & summer.
Det hรคr รฅret deltar vi i TIA Stockholm (Tidiga insatser fรถr asylsรถkande personer) med WATERSTART projekt. Vi har genomfรถrt flera simkurser fรถr asylsรถkande i vรฅr och sommar.
Here are two of our students from Waterstart that we would like to highlight as they are continuing their way in the swimming world from complete beginners to swimming teacher assistants and life savers.
Hรคr รคr tvรฅ studenter frรฅn Waterstart som vi skulle vilja uppmรคrksamma fรถr att de fortsรคtter sina vรคg inom simning frรฅn absolut nybรถrjare till livrรคddare och assistent till simlรคrare.
Danis, Uganda
(pรฅ svenska lรคs nedan)
Danis is from Uganda and is 38 years old. He has never even stepped into the water before joining our project. Why did he want to learn how to swim?
To get back to his home town part of the way he needs to take a boat. Every year people lose their lives in accidents on the water during this route. Safety breeches and complete lack of swimming skills and water safety knowledge cause people to panick and loose their life.
Danis came to our project with a mission. To not only learn how to swim himself, but even help more people in his home country to learn and to spread awereness of importance of swimming as a life saving skill.
In the first few lessons he was sinking like a stone and extremely nervous. However, he didn’t give up. He came to the classes every week, he put in the effort. After 15 weeks he was able to swim his first 10 m and then there was no way to stop him. 20m, 30m, finally 50m and after the summer camp in the open water here he was at Riddarfjรคrdsimningen taking his open water badge (200 m swim with a jump). He has also received training in HLR and life saving in open water.
But he is determined to train further. His goal is to be able to swim for three hours non stop, because in case of an accident back in Uganda, he would have to swim for several hours to stay alive.
Danis kommer frรฅn Uganda och รคr 38 รฅr gammal. Han har aldrig varit i vatten fรถrrรคn han deltog i vรฅrt projekt. Varfรถr ville han lรคra sig simma?
Fรถr att ta sig hem till sin by mรฅste Danis รฅka bรฅt. Varje รฅr omkommer folk pรฅ grund av olyckor under fรคrden. Brist pรฅ simkunnighet och kunskap i vattensรคkerhet orsakar panik och resulterar i att folk dรถr.
Danis kom till vรฅr projekt med ett mรฅl. Han ville inte bara lรคra sig simma sjรคlv men ocksรฅ hjรคlpa andra mรคnniskor i sitt hemland genom att sprida medvetenhet om hur viktig simning รคr som livrรคddningkunskap.
Under hans fรถrsta lektioner sjรถnk Danis som en sten och han var vรคldigt nervรถs. Men han gav inte upp. Han kom till sina lektioner varje vecka and han jobbade hรฅrt. Efter 15 veckor han kunde simma sina fรถrsta 10 m och sen kunde ingenting stoppa honom. 20 m, 30 m och till sist 50 m. Efter sommarkollon i รถppet vatten deltog han i Riddarfjรคrdsimningen dรฅ han efter att ha hoppat i djupt vatten simmade 200 m och uppnรฅdde mรคrket โvattenprovet i รถppet vattenโ. Han har ocksรฅ fรฅtt utbildning i fรถrsta hjรคlpen och livrรคddning i รถppet vatten.
Men han har bestรคmt sig att fortsรคtta trรคna. Hans mรฅl รคr att kunna simma tre timmar utan avbrott, eftersom om det skulle hรคnda en olycka i Uganda han skulle vara tvungen att simma flera timmar fรถr att รถverleva.
Proud of you, Danis! Vi รคr stolta รถver dig Danis!
Fereshte, Iran
(pรฅ svenska lรคs nedan)
Fereshte grew up in Iran and got higher education in agriculture. She started working in the industry and loved her job and her life. Starting 2017 things turned for the worst. Powerful earthquake left her home town in ruins. Her family and friends were all left without a place to live or means to support themselves.
She came to Sweden but then couldn’t come back due to recent political landscape changes that accompanied the natural disasters Iran faced over the past few years.
Fereshte felt lonely and depressed, she has continuous contact with a psycologist and is trying to find her place in her new country, not knowing when and if she will be able to come home.
Fereshte is 34 years old and never learned how to swim. She came to our courses to try something new and found more than she could hope for.
She found a new purpose and happiness in the water. In the summer she has started working as a swimming assistan teacher.
Feresthe vรคxte upp i Iran och hon fick sitt diploma inom jordbruk. Hon bรถrjade jobba inom industrin och hon รคlskade sitt jobb och liv. Frรฅn 2017 saker blev vรคrre. En stark jordbรคvning skakade hennes hem och lรคmnade bara ruiner. Hennes familj och vรคnner lรคmnades utan nรฅgonstans att bo och utan mรถjlighet att fรถrsรถrja sig.
Hon kom till Sverige men kunde sen inte รฅtervรคnda till sitt land pรฅ grund av fรถrรคndringar i politiskt landskap efter naturkatastrofer under det sista รฅren. Fereshte kรคnde sig ensam och deprimerad. Hon รคr i kontakt med psykolog och fรถrsรถker hitta sin plats i sitt nya land utan att veta nรคr hon kommer att kunna รฅtervรคnda till sitt hem.
Ferseshte รคr 34 รฅr gammal och hon har aldrig lรคrt sig simma. Hon kom till vรฅra kurser fรถr att prova nรฅgonting nytt men hon hittade mer รคn hon kunde hoppats. Hon hittade ett nytt รคndamรฅl och glรคdje i vattnet. Hon har รคven redan bรถrjat jobba som simlรคrarassistent i en annan simklubb.
We wish you all the success, Fereshte! Vi รถnskar dig all lycka och framgรฅng, Feresthe!
Fereste’s home town after an earthquake was left in ruins.
Thank you everyone who participated in our Waterstart project so far and our coaches Qlasse, Holly, Milla & Saima. Here is a video with some bright memories from this spring semester.
Tack alla som deltog i vรคr Waterstart project sรฅ lรคnge och tack till vรฅra trรคnare Qlasse, Holly, Milla, Saima och Ho Yi. Hรคr รคr en video med nรฅgra minnen frรฅn vรฅr terminen.