GHALDA SET TO HOLD END OF YEAR INTERNATIONAL LIFEGUARD TRAINING COURSE IN ACCRA

The Ghana lifesaving and Diving Association-GHALDA is seeking to wrap up this year with an International Lifeguard Training course in Accra from the 5th-10th December,2022.

The course will be covering CPR, First Aid General Rescues and lifeguard duties.

The programme is key for all Ghanaians as Ghalda delves into the processes of drowning and what could be done to avert it in our daily lives.

The Ghana lifesaving and Diving Association-GHALDA is a body sheltered under the National Sports Authority and a full member of the world body -International Lifesaving (ILS), and is mandated by the world body to supervise and regulate waterbodies and to prevent drowning across the various regions in Ghana.

Ghalda has over the few years embarked on a similar exercise especially in lifeguard training and certification across the regions. Ghalda has actively been involved in aqua activities in the Volta part of Ghana where it was able to resolve an existing impasse between some feuding factions among the fisherfolks in the Sogakope community.

Drowning prevention has been the ultimate objective of the Federation and it is hopeful this course will be no exception in targeting the sole aim of saving lives in Ghana.

President of the Ghana lifesaving and Diving Association-GHALDA COP 1 David Kwasi Afezame, who has been the lifewire of the Association, is highly optimistic this course will be beneficial to all participants.

“We all know the prevalence of drowning in Ghana. And it behoves on us as a unit responsible for this to engage more participants in this exercise. Christmas is close and we do not want to encounter any casualty during this period”. He said.

The specific location in Accra will be communicated soon to the public.

Dennis Kweku Moore
Journalist