Aquatics: Getting Children In Motion

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Peter B

Birmingham, AL

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The Problem

Our project is designed to help promote water safety education, teach children how to swim, and to improve the health and fitness of predominately African American inner city school children in the Birmingham Alabama area. The problem we want to address is the major issue facing under-privileged elementary aged school children that have not been given ample opportunity to learn how to swim. By giving these children another way to exercise we are attempting to combat the obesity problem in young children.

Plan of Action

So far our project has been successfully completed its first session. Our plan of action is to continue the project focusing on gathering a new group of children to teach, and finding more instructors. This will enable us to continue the project and fulfill our mission of teaching as many children as possible how to swim and be safe around the water. In addition, we would like the make a website that outlines our goals and contains pictures so that the parents of incoming children to the program know what to expect.
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Education
Education Inequalities
Fitness
Physical and Mental Health
Healthy Living

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