On Friday we wrote about the new swimming program The Forgotten People Fund is running for Ethiopian kids in Netanya. We just received this update from Aida, one of the FPF’s founders who has been involved with SWIMSAFE. Clearly the Good People Fund’s decision to underwrite even more swimming lessons was a good one:

I have been having a great time with the 8 youngsters with whom we have begun the project and three are already swimmers and two are almost swimmers. When we began, three were so frightened of the water when we got into the pool and now all 8 are jumping into the water, keeping their heads underwater and, when the hour is over, we can’t get them out of the pool! I have been going into the water to tutor two of the girls who are having trouble getting their feet off the bottom of the pool and I am having a wonderful time seeing the looks on their faces when they get the idea of what it is to swim. I feel confident that at least these 8 kids will be able to SWIMSAFE.

How great it would be if even more kids could learn to swim…