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An ocean safety program aiming to help women become more confident in the water has returned after COVID-19 forced it to pause for a year.
The Swim Sisters program brings together women, many of whom are from Islamic backgrounds, who often have very little experience swimming in the ocean.
Yusra Metwally founded Swim Sisters in Sydney with the help of the Bondi Surf Club three years ago.
“Every summer, we see really horrible statistics about people drowning - a lot of them from western Sydney and from migrant communities,” she told SBS News.
Swim Sisters founder Yusra Metwally.