A swimming pool located in front of Light House Hotel was declared open by Julian Bolling one of the greatest swimmers produced in Sri Lanka on 29th June 2008. The Van Der Horst family the owners of Holleman BV of Santpoort of The Netherlands donated funds through Velsen Helps Galle to NAAl for the construction of the pool in memory of their son. The Jetwing Group Light House Hotel donated the land for the pool and also will maintain the pool through the Trust formed to manage the pool. The balance money came from Jeffry Dobs  of “Adopt Sri Lanka” another NGO based in UK.  The swimming instructor underwent a training program in Holland recently, and today large number of students is using this pool to learn swimming in Galle.