VOV.VN - Despite a decline in the number of Vietnamese children drowning over recent years, it remains one of the leading causes of death among young people.
open-water swimmer in cape town, south africa. i feel free when i m in the ocean. that s where i m at peace most of the time. it takes you away from the outside world. reporter: the outside world hasn t been easy for arafat. he s a refugee from the democratic republic of congo. i left my country in 2012 when they were broke up, when i got separated from my mother. reporter: unsure if his mother was dead or alive, he fled to cape town on foot and ended up living in this children s shelter, which offers swimming classes. i remember the first time i went in the swimming pool, it was like you were in a new planet. i realized swimming was something which i could use for the process of healing. then i kept doing it. reporter: swimming gave arafat a new sense of purpose, and he began training for long-distance swims. in 2016, he was named open-water swimmer of the year by the cape town long-distance swimming association. the moment i stop, that s
which offered swimming classes. i remember the first time i went to a swimming pool, it was like a new planet. it is something that i can do in the process of healing. swimming gave arafat a new purpose. he was named swimmer of the year by the cape town association. i feel like that s when life is becoming like a mix, my focus is to try to keep as much hope as i can and challenging me. arafat s next challenge is a 2.5 kilometers swim, of water bay extreme. i don t compete with anyone when i am swimming. i just competed with myself. what makes the race so challenging is no t the distance
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