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Bangladesh
Life in Bangladesh revolves around water, yet most children lack even the most basic swimming and water safety skills. As a result, approximately 50 children drown in Bangladesh every day – 17,000 every year.
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Vietnam
Vietnam is a country crisscrossed by rivers, deltas, rice paddies, irrigation canals and other water sources. It also has a long coastline. Yet very few children know how to swim. Approximately 10 children drown every day in Vietnam.

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Regional
The Global Drowning Fund is currently utilising regional opportunities to build local capacity through the facilitation of workshops, providing training and creating lasting partnerships with local and international organisations.
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The Global Drowning Issue
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The extent of child drowning in developing countries is only now being understood. These clips help explain what has become an epidemic in many countries.
Interventions Part 1: Creches
In the dramatic field of humanitarian aid, the Global Drowning Fund partners are showing how simple interventions can prevent child drowning by up to 90 per cent.
Pete and Vi Peterson recognised for the contribution of SwimSafe to the social development of Danang
Pete and Vi Peterson recognised for the contribution of SwimSafe to the social development of Danang
BBC Feature TASC Founder
Former POW and US Ambassador to Vietnam, Pete Peterson, is featured by the BBC about his work to prevent child drowning in the country which has held him captive in more ways than one.
Survival Swimming Bangladesh
Update on Survival Swimming Bangladesh
Drowning in Numbers - New TASC/UNICEF report released
A report released by Royal Life Saving partners The Alliance for Safe Children and UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre reinforces the notion that child drowning is a hidden epidemic across Asia.
     


 

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