During the summer of 2023, Lieutenant Phan Van Hai, Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Team, Dak Mil District Police, had a full schedule. In addition to ensuring his daily professional duties, every week, he spent 4-5 sessions to participate in free swimming classes for children in Dak Mil District. Hai has been doing this job for 2 years now, every summer.
Lieutenant Pham Van Hai said: “Our team has a small force, so officers and soldiers have to be divided into groups, taking turns teaching swimming to children. Although busy, everyone tries to arrange their time, both doing professional work and teaching swimming, so that the children have the best skills.”
The model has maintained 5 swimming classes and expanded to 3 private swimming pools in Dak Mil town, Dak Lao commune and Dak R'la commune. Each class lasts more than 3 weeks, providing basic swimming skills for children, including: swimming skills, first aid skills and methods to prevent and rescue drowning people.
Effectively deployed and spread in the community since the summer of 2022, the number of parents registering their children to participate in the summer of 2023 has increased. In the classes, the "young students" are excited and delighted when the police officers teach them the necessary swimming skills and have the opportunity to have fun and make friends with a useful training playground during the summer.
Nguyen Thuy An, resident group 10, Dak Mil town (Dak Mil) shared: “I really enjoyed taking swimming lessons. Now I feel more confident when I go into the water, not as scared as before.”
Free swimming classes of Dak Mil District Police are held twice a day, from Monday to Saturday. To ensure the quality of the classes and ensure safety, Dak Mil District Police has arranged 16 coaches to teach. The coaches are subordinate officers and other units participating in the program. By the end of the summer of 2023, more than 500 children in the district were taught free swimming, bringing the total number of children taught and able to swim in the past 2 years to nearly 700.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Cao Cuong, Deputy Head of Dak Mil District Police, informed: “We use the Fire Prevention and Rescue Team - with expertise and experience in swimming to teach children how to swim. In addition, the unit also coordinates and mobilizes forces from the Department of Education and Training, the Military Command, and the District Youth Union to participate in teaching children how to swim.”
With the responsibility and dedication of each member, officer and soldier participating, more classes have been completed, children have mastered swimming skills, contributing to reducing tragic accidents.
The "Free Swimming Teaching" model of Dak Mil District Police is a model of Dak Nong Provincial Police in preventing drowning for children.
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