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Anybody can drown, but nobody should.
Founded in 1824, the RNLI is a charity dedicated to saving lives in and around water.
Building on over 190 years of lifesaving experience in the UK and Ireland, the RNLI is now partnering with governments and organisations around the world to share technical expertise and help make drowning prevention a global priority.
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Just one inch of water

Just one inch of water

Photography exhibition | United Nations Headquarters 28 June - 29 July 2018

In Asia and the Pacific, water shapes the land and its people. From dawn until dusk, life here depends on the rivers and the oceans. But a child can drown in just one inch of water.Drowning is a silent epidemic claiming the lives of 360,000 people a year worldwide.Every other ...
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The Drowning Islands

The Drowning Islands

Every year, men, women and children are lost to the ocean in Zanzibar, East Africa. Now, simple s...

January 17th, 2017
Zanzibar, East Africa: On the small cluster of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean forming the archipelago of Zanzibar, off Tanzania, local fishermen and their families maintain a complex relationship with the sea that surrounds them. Reliant on the ocean for their livel...
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Anybody can drown, but nobody should.
Founded in 1824, the RNLI is a charity dedicated to saving lives in and around water.
Building on over 190 years of lifesaving experience in the UK and Ireland, the RNLI is now partnering with governments and organisations around the world to share technical expertise and help make drowning prevention a global priority.
Donate
rnli.org/what-we-do/international

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