International Sports Award Won by SA Snorkeling Project
A Cape Town marine project that promotes ocean conservation by taking children from Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain snorkelling has won an international award. Hosted by Beyond Sport, an international pioneer that promotes social change through sport, at a ceremony in New York on Thursday night announced IAMWATER as a recipient of the award in the Sport for Climate Action Collective Impact category. The non-profit organisation accomplishes this through “transformative experiences”. “We take learners on our two-day Ocean Guardians snorkelling workshops to spark a connection and love for the sea and its creatures, inspiring participants to be more conservation-minded and to want to take care of the oceans,” said Hanli Prinsloo, chief executive of IAMWATER. She said their target audience were grade 7 pupils, many of whom had not visited the ocean or knew how to swim. “We are passionate about working with underprivileged coastal communities where, despite living [within] ...