Germiston High School is a secondary school in Johannesburg, South Africa with a rowing club full of dedicated young athletes. Many of the children come from disadvantaged backgrounds and the club itself receives minimal support. On the 17th January this year, they were hit by a devastating storm which destroyed the shed and all the equipment that it contains.
Today, we headed down to Imperial College Boat Club because we want to talk about the launch of a campaign called Rowing Together for Healthy Minds, a non-profit founded by a group of university students with the goal of changing the way the rowing community thinks about mental health.
It’s been a challenge within the rowing community for some time now to debunk the myth that the culture in the sport is of elitism and exclusivity. People who participate in rowing will tell you that the atmosphere is not of elitism at all.
