AWSOM charity project

32 children drown every day in Vietnam. The Australian Water Safety on the Mekong (AWSOM) Project was launched in 2012 as a result of a successful volunteer tour to Vietnam in January 2012. 

The AWSOM Project is a small charity operated and run by volunteers from the Beatty Park Swim School team.

The aim of the project is to reduce drowning along the Mekong River through the teaching of swimming and water safety.

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A group of dedicated teachers from the Beatty Park Swim School travel to Vietnam on an annual basis to run swimming and water safety clinics for disadvantaged, disabled and orphaned village children along the Mekong River. 

In an effort to make the project sustainable we provide training and professional development workshops while in Vietnam as well as a scholarship program for Vietnamese swimming teachers to travel to Australia for training and experience. 

The Tien Giang Provincial Government has requested our ongoing assistance with the enormous task of ensuring the children in the region are provided with essential water safety skills and education. 

To find out more about the AWSOM project, check out these short videos here and here, produced by former staff member Alex Haygarth.

 

How you can help 

The AWSOM project is largely self-funded and relies on the generosity of the public through monetary or in-kind donations.

The project is currently seeking sponsorship for:

  • Uniforms for our team
  • Goggles for the children participating in the clinics
  • Sponsor a child in our Disability Sponsorship Program here

donate to the AWSOM project