{"id":23716,"date":"2018-02-18T08:07:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T08:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=23716"},"modified":"2018-02-18T08:10:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T08:10:35","slug":"educating-children-goal-sri-lankan-lifesavers-receive-australian-tuition-luke-waters-sbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/educating-children-goal-sri-lankan-lifesavers-receive-australian-tuition-luke-waters-sbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Educating children&#8217; the goal as Sri Lankan lifesavers receive Australian tuition &#8211; By Luke Waters (SBS News)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">&#8216;Educating children&#8217; the goal as Sri Lankan lifesavers receive Australian tuition &#8211; By Luke Waters (SBS News)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\" https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/embeds\/video\/1163801667810\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/educating-children-the-goal-as-sri-lankan-lifesavers-receive-australian-tuition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SBS News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Thirteen female lifesavers and emerging leaders from Sri Lanka are visiting Victoria to take part in a cross-cultural program aimed at developing the country\u2019s water safety message.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">They took to the breakers at Fairhaven on Victoria&#8217;s surf coast, along with\u00a0instructors\u00a0from\u00a0Life Saving Victoria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Senuri Heshara, 22, said despite finding the open-water rescue sessions challenging, the young women pushed boundaries with the support and encouragement of their instructors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;We were scared actually to get into this waters at the beginning but these trainers talked us they calmed us down they told us be confident,&#8221; she told SBS News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;(They said) &#8216;You can do this, you know you are great swimmers,&#8217; so every second we know they are helping us.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The seven-year collaboration between Life Saving Victoria and Sri Lanka was forged to address the country&#8217;s significant drowning rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sri Lanka Life Saving President Asanka Nanayakkara said developing class-based and practical water skills in the emerging leaders was seen as an important step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cWe requested them to come and upskill us,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;We need skills &#8211; skills like books and training and advanced training regarding the lifesaving.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ms Heshara said the problem lied in a culture of fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">She said many Sri Lankan parents discouraged their children from swimming, and now there&#8217;s a push to have lessons made compulsory for all school-aged children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cParents (are) not exposed to that stuff, so they&#8217;re a bit scared to send their children. 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