Lessons on taking the plunge

1 Let’s move: Some start-up excercises are helpful before getting into the water – AFP2 Lesson in progress: The children are at ease when they are in the water knowing that trained instructors are present to keep an eye on them. –AFP

JAHANARA Anwar was determined that her younger son register for swimming lessons, after her eldest son Amnato who was unable to swim, drowned in a canal.

Recalling the fateful day in 2011, Jahanara in tears said of how she had promised to send Amanto for swimming lessons once his exams were over, but it was not fulfilled as he had gone days earlier to play at a nearby canal, and never came home.