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Africa’s award-winning mermaid teaches children a love for the ocean

Africa’s award-winning mermaid teaches children a love for the ocean

"DO dolphins bite? Are there ancestors living under the water?" These are the sorts of questions Zandile Ndhlovu (34) answers during bi-monthly snorkelling excursions with kids from Langa, an informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa. "I pick up the kids from their homes, normally four at a time… We learn about the challenges the ocean is facing, and we learn about what we're going to find in the water. Then we kit up, and we go explore," says Ndhlovu. With most of them, it's their first time seeing beneath the surface, so there's lots of fear. And then somewhere…
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