Reclaiming stolen childhoods: swimming classes resume in Gaza after three years of war
•Swimming classes have resumed in Gaza after a three-year hiatus due to war, using makeshift sea pools.
•Hundreds of children are participating, learning basic swimming skills in a challenging environment.
•The initiative provides a brief escape for children from the trauma and fear of ongoing conflict.
المصدر: The Guardian | Source: The GuardianIn sea pools built with sandbags and rubble, Amjed Tantesh gives traumatised children brief respite from their daily lives
Swimming classes have started again in Gaza after three years of war, with hundreds of children learning to float, doggy paddle and take their first strokes in five makeshift sea pools built from sandbags and rubble.
The lessons allow a few hundred girls and boys to reclaim their childhood for a few hours in a place where there are no playgrounds, no formal education and children live in fear of continuing Israeli attacks. A UN survey in March found that 96% of children felt death was imminent.
Activity on the Gaza seafront
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→Swimming classes have resumed in Gaza after a three-year hiatus due to war, using makeshift sea pools.
→Hundreds of children are participating, learning basic swimming skills in a challenging environment.
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