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Sustainability Part 2 – The lifeguard’s multi-tool?

6th February 2016 - By Dan Graham

This is the second post of a three-part series, check out the first post here. In this post, we want to talk about the humble plastic container (known in Arabic as a jerricana). We can source a top quality, mint condition jerricana (with a cap) in Khartoum for the princely sum of 5 SDG (equivalent Read More

Not a high priority: Safety in Sudanese swimming pools

9th January 2016 - By Becky Sindall

Whilst I was last in Sudan, I saw a number of swimming pools, of varying quality.  At one end of the spectrum was the Family Pool, a 25m pool in a tin shack in the middle of a building site.  It was half full of water leaving it with a freeboard higher than the water Read More

Cuolo Tamaam – Everything’s OK!

30th September 2015 - By Becky Sindall

Something has changed in Sudan. We have been here now for four days, teaching the first pool lifeguard course for LMICs. And so far, everything has gone extremely smoothly. In Sudan, that is unusual! Our local Nile Swimmers management team, Mai, Mosab and Hamid, have done us proud. On Monday, we arrived at the Sea Read More

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