Canberra is the only major Australian city currently without a specialist swimming program for refugees and migrants.
Annie Gao, Clare McBride Kelly, Andrew Nolan and Liam McBride Kelly lost a mutual friend from the refugee community, when he tragically drowned in 2020 at a freshwater site in Canberra.
In honour of their friend, the group has created the Refugee and Migrant Swimming Project, a not-for-profit initiative to teach water safety and swimming skills to Canberra's growing refugee and migrant population.
Every $130 raised provides one person with access to 10 weeks of swimming and water safety lessons.
This is the difference between possibly drowning if they fell in water, to being able to confidently swim recreationally.
Help us honour our friend’s legacy
With your support we can save more lives.
