I’ve been in Sudan for about a week now, having meeting after meeting with various organisations that we are developing relationships with. This is the first time, that I’ve landed in Sudan with time scheduled for meetings before the training starts, and indeed after the training finishes. We made a decision that as the costs Read More
Not a high priority: Safety in Sudanese swimming pools
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!
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