For the month of January, Saleh is in Sydney, guest of the North Steyne Surf Lifesaving Club, training to be one of Gaza’s first qualified lifesavers. He aims to return to Palestine to establish its first surf club: the Gaza Beach Surf Lifesaving Club. The president of the North Steyne Surf Lifesaving Club, Chris Gibbs Stewart, says dozens of club members had volunteered to assist their Gazan guests. We want to plant the seed that becomes the Gaza beach surf lifesaving club.”Shamikh Khalil Badra is a member of the Northern Beaches Committee for Palestine. But Badra says the mission to build a surf club on the sands of Gaza beach is far larger than patrols on the sand and rescues in the water.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2020 18:56 UTC