GALDA swimming course ends at Legon
More than 20 participants last Saturday completed a one-week llife-guard training course at the University of Ghana Swimming Pool Centre, Legon, in Accra.
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The workshop, organised by the Ghana Life-Saving and Diving Association (GALDA), is aimed at drowning prevention and safety in the pool.
Participants included managers of hotels, swimming pools and athletes trained on how to save a life in the pool and how to keep it safe in deeper waters.
They were also taught theory related to life-saving in waters and how to protect water bodies.
According to David Afezame, second vice president of GALDA, the course was in response to the persistent drowning of swimmers and divers in the pool over the years.
“We want to prevent such occurrences where swimmers easily drown while in the pool and also train swimming coaches on how to prevent and treat such occurrences,” he told the Daily Graphic in an interview.
He stressed that the course would help keep water bodies safe, save lives of would-be swimmers and learners and outline the theoretical and practical aspects of swimming as a sport and academic course.
“We at GALDA want the public to know the health benefits of swimming and disabuse their minds against the notion that swimming is dangerous; it is a course opened for all,” he stated.
