Swimming is a life skill and learning to swim at an early age will reduce drowning incidences, especially among children. In many underprivileged communities in South Africa, this would never become a reality. This is according to Andrew Ingram, Drowning ...
We caught up with Drowning Prevention Manager Andrew Ingram to find out how the Survival Swimming Centre project is faring. ...
The Survival Swimming programme at Hanover Park has become more than just a drowning prevention initiative. ...
NSRI Drowning Prevention Manager, Andrew Ingram says their dream has finally come to fruition, with the delivery of the first NSRI Survival Swimming Centre to Meiring Primary School in Riebeek Kasteel. ...
Considering that only 15% of South African’s can swim and the country’s terrible drowning statistics, learning how to swim should be prioritised as an essential skill that all South Africans have – especially children. ...
A Learn-to-Swim programme was recently launched at Athlone swimming pool by the City of Cape Town, in partnership with the NSRI’s Drowning Prevention unit. ...
The Survival Swimming programme at Leliebloem House has given two young girls the chance to change lives - both their own and those of more kids. ...
The Survival Swimming programme is going from strength to strength. Find out more about a couple of the initiative’s key sponsors, as well as what’s planned for the next few months. ...
We take a look at how water-safety educator Val Barlow is progressing in the Wild Coast area and what the Survival Swimming team got up to during the winter months. ...
For Sea Rescue’s dedicated Water Safety and Survival Swimming teams, returning to face-to-face classes couldn’t have come soon enough. But being vigilant and safe, and agile and adaptable to the possibility of future changes are still top of mind. We ...
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