Addressing inclusion and gender inequality through a range of aquatic sport activities that also improve water safety and survival skills.
Sport
Swimming
Location
Vanuatu
Focus Area
Gender
Disability
Girls and boys in Vanuatu play ‘spiderball’, a non-contact version of beach water polo.
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Credit: Groovy Banana
programs
Aquatics for all
Swim, Splash & Survive is a partnership between Vanuatu Aquatics Federation and the Vanuatu Ministry of Youth and Sport through the Vanuatu National Sports Commission. The program teaches basic water safety and survival skills through its learn to swim courses, disability swimming, aqua aerobics and its gender inclusion program, ‘spiderball’, which is a non-contact version of beach water polo.
To celebrate International Day of People with Disability, we hear from staff and participants in some of the disability-focused programs supported by Team Up across the Pacific.
The Swim, Splash & Survive program aims to target two main problems through aquatic sports - inclusion and gender inequality. Vanuatu Aquatics Federation and the Vanuatu Ministry of Youth and Sport work together to build up inclusive environments in communities and villages to deliver the program.
