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Royal Life Saving Bahrain

National Water Safety Campain

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Key Insight 1:

Lack of water minded culture ìn Bahrain

70%

of the population never or rarely go swimming

4 out of 5

People in bahrain do not participate in any aquatic activities

Key Insight 2:

Many people can't swim

50%

Of adults can't swim or can barely swim

95%

of children don't presently learn swimming at primary school

47%

of children can't swim

Key Insight 3:

Overwhelming support for teaching swimming

91%

Of people agreed that all children should be taught basic swimming and water safety skills

86%

of people agreed that it is important for all bahrainis to have basic swimming and water safety skills

73%

of people agreed that swimming lessons should be compulsory for all primary school students

Key Insight 4:

Overwhelming support for lifeguards and home pool fencing

84%

Of people agreed on the need for appropriately qualified beach lifeguards

82%

Of people agreed on the need for appropriately qualified pool lifeguards

88%

Of people agreed on the need for home pools to have a barrier to safeguard children

Key Insight 5:

Need for community resilience through first aid and CPR

70%

Of people have no formal knowledge of cpr or first aid

87%

of people agreed that learning cpr and first aid would increase safety of people across bahrain

67%

of people were interested in completing formal training in cpr and first aid

How To Keep Children Safe While In And Around Water

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