ON 25 JULY, PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD WILL MARK THE THIRD WORLD DROWNING PREVENTION DAY
In April 2021, the United Nations adopted the historic first Resolution on Global Drowning Prevention, recognising the scale of the problem and calling for coordinated action to prevent drowning.
Drowning is an issue that affects every nation of the world. Globally, an estimated 235,600 people lost their lives to drowning in 2019.
In Australia hundreds of families lose loved ones to drowning every year.
Eighty percent of those who drown are male.
DROWNING IS INEQUITABLE
Drowning has been the cause of over 2.5 million preventable deaths in the last decade. It is a significant international issue that to date has been largely unrecognised relative to its impact.
More than 90% of drowning deaths occur in rivers, lakes, wells, domestic water storage vessels and swimming pools in low- and middle-income countries, with children and adolescents in rural areas disproportionately affected.
Drowning is among the ten leading causes of death for children and young people aged 1-24 years in every region of the world.
WE ARE ASKING ORGANISATIONS ACROSS SOUTH AUSTRALIA TO HELP PROMOTE WORLD DROWNING PREVENTION DAY
SCHOOLS
We would absolutely love and appreciate your support in promoting this important message by holding a free dress day – encouraging students to wear blue, along with a gold coin donation.
All schools that participate will receive a certificate of thanks, along with an explanation of how the money will be used to prevent drowning in South Australia.
All donations will go towards providing further programs and initiatives of Royal Life Saving South Australia to support our vision of a state free from drowning.
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