Trần Thị Kim Thia, 59, known as Sáu Thia, lives in hamlet 4, Hưng Thạnh Commune in Tháp Mười District. “Whenever I see on television news on kids drowning and their parents’ grief, my heart writhes in pain,” Sáu Thia told the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper. In 2002, the commune launched a project to teach children how to swim. “I did not hesitate to take the job but I felt very nervous because I did not know how to teach kids swimming," Thia recalled. “I teach children to swim because I am afraid they will drown.

Source: Viet Nam News October 05, 2017 01:52 UTC