Former Coon Rapids swim standout brings swimming lessons to 2,000 Nepali children - TwinCities.com: NEPAL FIRST DESTINATION
Nepal was chosen as the program's first destination for its high drowning rate due to monsoons. The rains trigger flash floods and also leave behind deep puddles where children can drown, McCarthy said. Many people grow up so scared of the water that they never learn how to swim.
So McCarthy arranged to travel to Kathmandu Valley, home of Nepal's capital and two other cities. He needed someone to document the process, and Moe was the obvious choice.
In addition to buying their tickets, the $10,000 went toward chlorine for pool water that was nearly black when the students arrived and salaries for the program's 36 Nepali instructors, six for each of six pools in the area.
Children came to the various pools each day to learn McCarthy's
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