Help prevent 700 children from drowning in Vietnam

Half way through the 2018 year and half way through summer swimming lessons!

Swim for Life is PROUD of the commitment our swim teachers show in reducing drowning incidents across Quang Binh, Vietnam.

Over 30 surival swimming lessons, across a number of school pools, are held daily in an effort to raise the skill level of children to lower the drowning toll. Children aged 6-14, are taught survival swimming skills,  rescue skills  calling for help, understanding the safety steps to be around water. Without your committed support, Swim for Life cannot continue to achieve these essential targets that important life skills these youngsters are exposed to. We thank you for your interest and enjoy sharing our successes with you.  

The drowning trend of Vietnam rises during the summer months, as many children in rural or countryside areas like to swim in local rivers, lakes or the beach. These children are often unaccompanied by adults who can explain and comprehend the dangers around water, such as currents, tides, depths and the temperature.   

The strong working relationship with the Provincial Education Department of Quang Binh, opened the opportunity for Swim for Life to provide 8 new school pool programs with much needed swimming equipment and support. The collaboration also saw piolt open water program being implemented in 6 safely idenifed river sites. Training with another member of the INGO Drowning Prevention Collaborative, Hue Help, Swim for Life confirmed 16 primary/secondary schools to undergo this pilot swim program in open water sites.  32 Physical Education teachers were trained to introduce valuable water safety and survival skills into their schools.

Thousands of children live along costal lines and rivers, it is important that children learn their safety messages in an environment that is near them. Pools are expensive to build and to maintain, introducing safe, supervised swimming lessons into rivers can give children the same important life skills. 

Please click the link to read and see more about Swim for Life programs that are continually being implemented with your suport.

Thank you for your time in contirbuting to reducing the drowning toll of Vietnam.  

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With the summer season fast approaching, the team of Swim for Life has been busy.

From traveling the 7 districts located within Quang Binh, training 52 teachers in water safety messages, to up skilling 25 former swim teachers, training 35 new swim teachers and enrolling 447 new students to undertake the survival swim program. We are very thankful for your support and kind dedication to have the students of Quang Binh learn such an important life skill of survival swimming.  

In his opening speech for the new swim teahers trained, DOET representative, mentioned that the drowning toll must be reduce to ensure safety for our children. The hope is to reduce the drowning toll from 14 children to 4/5 by 2020, this rate we want to drop again to 2/3 by 2025.

The physical education teachers trained form the group of swim teachers that are educating and up skilling students from the districts within Quang Binh. Your support has enabled this training to continue.  

 Thousands of children live along costal lines and rivers, it is important that children learn their safety messages in an environment that is near them. Pools are expensive to build and to maintain, introducing safe, supervised swimming lessons into rivers can give children the same life skills.  

Your contributions to our project of survival swimming is greatly appreachiated. Thank you for keeping the studnets of Quang Binh in your thoughts.

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