The Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA), together with the Turks & Caicos Swimming Federation and local Shark Conservationist, Tina Randall, will be celebrating World Oceans Day with students from the Providenciales Youth Centre. This year students have been afforded the opportunity to learn basic swimming skills to ensure that they can enjoy swimming in both the pool and the sea.
World Oceans’ Day LEARN TO SWIM, will be held on 8 June 2015, at the Lower Bight Park from 4pm to 6pm, for registered students only.
Amy Avenant, DEMA’s Environment Outreach Coordinator stated; “This initiative hopes to grow and encourage more and more of TCI’s youth to get into the water, and appreciate our resources, the coral, that lies beneath! We hope this will lead to an interest and concern for this fragile ecosystem and an understanding as to why it is important to conserve and protect our most important natural and economic resource.
“If you, your school or organisation would like more information on how you can learn to swim, or why the ocean is in need of serious conservation, we can be contacted at 338-4176 or