National Association of State Boards of Education Supports IWSD!
We are proud to announce that… The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) supports May 15 as International Water Safety Day (IWSD). Encouraging state and local education agencies to help protect children from this preventable injury by encouraging schools to include water safety instruction in their health education curricula every May 15th. NASBE [...]
In case you missed it: Drowning No. 1 cause of death for children 1-4
From ShreveportTimes.com, By Loresha J. Wilson: Angel Smith was the younger twin, born three minutes after big sister Aubrie. The girls were jolly, always laughing and playing. “Just typical 3-year-olds doing what children do — and they loved each other,” said Pam Castine, the girls’ grandmother. That image of Angel and Aubrie was shattered June [...]
Drowning, the Silent Epidemic
From the Washington Post, By Editorial Board: IN AN AGE of ethnic conflict, fatal disease and chronic malnutrition, it seems strange to stumble across figures such as this: 388,000 people die every year from drowning, according to the World Health Organization. To put this number in perspective, drowning accounts for nearly 1 in 14 injury-related deaths worldwide. [...]
Working to reduce Maori childhood drowning
From WaterSafe.org.nz: As the world recognises International Water Safety Day, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Puau Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa in Glen Innes, Auckland, is revelling in the positive outcomes achieved in the few short weeks since a portable pool was installed under WaterSafe Auckland’s Pools2Schools™ KiwiSport initiative funded by Sport Auckland. Maori account for nearly half [...]
Water Safety Campaigns Catching Fire
From Aquatics International, by: Kendra Kozen: Several annual water safety programs are heating up, and there’s at least one new event. Here’s a look at what’s going on. International Water Safety Day (internationalwatersafetyday.org) May 15 will be the first International Water Safety Day. Created by the founders of Diversity in Aquatics, Jayson Jackson and Shaun Anderson, USA [...]
Open Water Source Highlights IWSD
From Open Water Source: Shaun Anderson and Jayson Jackson continue to do tremendous good in this world. Their latest project, International Water Safety Day, is on May 15, 2012 and is meant to raise awareness of the drowning pandemic to the public. International Water Safety Day is an initiative by Diversity in Aquatics to to [...]
