My life in seven swimming pools
Amjed’s determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build
Lives Less Ordinary · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Amjed Tantesh is determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build.
Finding freedom in the water as a child, Amjed wanted to train the next generation of Gazans for Olympic swimming glory – not easy when he had to keep abandoning his pools. Yet through relentlessly rebuilding and restarting, over decades of war, Amjed’s swimming initiative found its true purpose.
This episode contains upsetting moments involving children.
Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Louise Morris Interpreter: Youssef Taha