Liza Wigley, Eden WaterWise Instructor reports:A chill ran down my spine ... after I had explained to children from a school in Karatara, how to save a friend without endangering themselves, one of the children told me about a drowning ...
One of the schools that WaterWise Instructor Charles McHelm visited recently was Norma Road Primary school on the Cape Flats. The children loved trying their hand at CPR on Little Junior and found the lesson to be informative. Most importantly ...
Lwazi Fihlela, Eshowe based WaterWise Instructor, took the NSRI's water safety message to the rural village of Mvuzane, KZN. Workshops we conducted in two primary schools. In all 487 children were taught (260 Mdatsane at Primary School and 227 at ...
WaterWise has a new Cape based volunteer Instructor. Alison Cope, a former swimming teacher, is taking Sea Rescue's water safety message into the class rooms of Cape Town schools. Her message focuses on safety of children at the waters edge ...
Since the very unfortunate shark attack in Jeffrey’s Bay last month, all the school children that WaterWise Instructor Marcus Oshry talks to have a renewed fear of sharks.Trying to explain to a young child from an underprivileged school that sharks ...
With a background in surf lifesaving Charles McHelm was a natural choice to join the WaterWise Academy, which he joined in 2006, when he became one of the first full time educators. In 2008 Charles gave the NSRI water safety ...
Leerders van Montrouge Primere skool naby Tulbagh kyk hoe DesneyWilliams, 'hands only' CPR oefen.‘’n Paar skole naby De Doorns was die afgelope paar weke deur WaterWise besoek. Gedurende die 40 minute wat per periode beskikbaar was, is kinders geleer ...
This month NSRI Durban rescue volunteer Jacqui McAllister joined our WaterWise project as an Instructor. This is her first report after going into the classrooms of Addington Primary to teach the children about water safety:'Addington School were very receptive to ...
Mzamomhle children learning HHH.Mzamomhle is one of the poor schools in Phillipi. It took Zanele Bushwane a week to teach all the children since they have such a large number of pupils at the school. The children were very ...
Selvin HeynsOn the 17th of October 2013 Idas valley Primary School payed special tribute to Selvin Heyns, a grade 5 learner who drowned in a farm dam. Selvin will be remembered as a friendly and lively boy with a ...
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