Learning English through water safety

Ten women - five Filipino and five Chinese - will complete the program which promotes water safety while learning English in western Sydney.

The ten women participants at their swimming lesson at the Blacktown Pool Source: Supplied by Nelia Sungcad

Under the Water Safety Grant, Asian Women at Work and Philippine Australian Community Services Inc. (PACSI) are in partnership for this project where the participants undertake a 30-minute swimming lessons after an hour of learning English.

Filipino and Chinese communities are among the migrant communities in Australia who are at high-risk when it comes to water safety.

Nelia Sungcad, community worker from PACSI shares the details of the program which finishes on April 13th.