Debanshu Das, Chief Training Officer, Drishti Marine teaches a student from The Rosary High School, Cujira, to float with the help of a pool noodle.
PANAJI
Taking inspiration from Australia’s ‘Float to Survive’ initiative, Drishti Marine, a state-appointed lifesaving agency in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) has rolled out the free-of-cost ‘Learn to Float’ programme to teach children in Goa how to survive in any water body by simply floating. Marine Drishti and Coastal Foundation has conducted this programme free of cost along with Drishti Lifesaving and Special Rescue Training Academy as delivery partners. “The main aim of the ‘Learn to Float’ programme is to teach students, especially those in primary school, the art of floating as a self-preservation tactic. We are currently conducting sessions with The Rosary High School, Cujira, whose students we are training in two batches daily, for six days at the SAG Swimming Pool at Campal, Panaji,” stated Colonel Austin Collaco, general manager of operations and Training, Drishti Marine, who aims to train 500-plus students across Goa in the coming five to six months.
