450,000 people drown every year, and 97% of these drownings occur in low income countries. 

Nile swimmers work to stop drowning in low and middle income countries, through training local community leaders to provide first aid, CPR, and water rescue training. Nile Swimmers supports the campaign for international recognition of drowning as a leading cause of childhood death globally.

The University of Warwick Lifesaving club is current undertaking the goal to raise the cost for Nile Swimmers to train one water safety instructor, £353. Training just one instructor can have ripple through the community and aid hundreds and even thousands of people to be safe around and in water. 

Whatever contribution you can make to this cause is appreciated: £12 pays for local materials to build a safe swimming area for teaching, £6 is all it takes for one child to complete a course of swimming lessons, even pennies will contribute to our final goal, and something as easy as a share will raise awareness.

Our club members will be around Warwick Uni campus on Friday 18th of March, with collection buckets and dolphin sweets to talk to people about drowning prevention and collect for the cause. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this, we hope you will help in any way you can.

- University of Warwick Lifesaving

Links

Nile Swimmers: http://www.nileswimmers.org/

University of Warwick Lifesaving: http://homepages.warwick.ac.uk/~suabz/