内容摘要：LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — About 20 children in shorts and vests gather at a swimming pool on a sweltering afternoon in

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — About 20 children in shorts and vests gather at a swimming pool on a sweltering afternoon in

Watching them take their lessons, some struggle to stay calm in the water and stroke their way through it, but Nnadi and the two volunteers working with him patiently guide them through the water, often leaving them excited to quickly try again.Some of them said that it gives them pleasure, while it is a lifesaving skill for some and it’s therapy for others. Experts have also said that swimming can improve mental well-being, in addition to the physical benefits from exercising.

Swimming coach Emeka Chuks Nnadi teaches young, disabled students to swim as part of his Swim in 1 Day, or SID, nonprofit, in a pool at the Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Swimming coach Emeka Chuks Nnadi teaches young, disabled students to swim as part of his Swim in 1 Day, or SID, nonprofit, in a pool at the Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)“Swimming (has) taught me to face my fears, it has (given) me boldness, it has given me courage, it has made me overcome my fears,” said 13-year-old Ikenna Goodluck, who is blind and among Nnadi’s trainees.

Ejiro Justina Obinwanne said that the initiative has helped her son Chinedu become more determined in life.“He is selfless and determined to make something out of the lives of children that the world has written off in a lot of ways,” she said of Nnadi.

Swimming coach Emeka Chuks Nnadi teaches young, disabled students to swim as part of his Swim in 1 Day, or SID, nonprofit, in a pool at the Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Swimming coach Emeka Chuks Nnadi teaches young, disabled students to swim as part of his Swim in 1 Day, or SID, nonprofit, in a pool at the Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)this Monday, the start of what the Trump administration said is a larger relocation plan for minority Afrikaner farmers who Trump has claimed are being persecuted in their homeland because of their race. South Africa denies the allegations and says whites in the majority Black country are not being singled out for persecution.

Ramaphosa’s office said he will be in the U.S. from Monday to Thursday of next week, and will meet with Trump on Wednesday at the White House. Ramaphosa’s trip would aim to “reset the strategic relationship between the two countries,” his office said.President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump listens as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)The White House had no immediate comment on the meeting, which would be Trump’s first with the leader of a nation in Africa since he returned to office in January.