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Tanzania Beach Lifeguards Anniversary!

One year ago today was the first day Tanzania Beach Lifeguards was on Coco Beach! It's so exciting to see how far we've come and how much...

Here is another account from Fidelus Mongella, one of our lifeguards who also helped in the boat rescue: "I was on duty, I was in the...

Here is a story from James (Jimmy) Chacha, who is another lifeguard and helped with the boat rescue. "[I] Have saved more than 10 people...

Here are two other stories from William James Mambonike, who was involved in the boat rescue in March: October 3, 2024: I wasn’t on duty...

Here are two stories from Joseph Mwingira, another member of Tanzania Beach Lifeguards. October I was on patrol, there was a young boy...

We have just recently received reports from the lifeguards detailing some examples of their numerous rescues. Over the next few days I...

One of the goals of the project was to have trained lifeguards who don't necessarily work for us, and we have found this to be even more...

Thanks to Cecilia's hard work, we now have a system in place to track our detailed expenses. There have been a number of variations from...

We have created safety posters to put up at Coco Beach. Here is the direct translation of their content: "TANZANIA BEACH LIFEGUARDS...

We set up this project to save lives and to teach swimming but one of the unexpected benefit has been the impact on the lives of our...

We have great news - Amina has found a way to locally source most of the equipment we thought we'd need to get from South Africa. This...

Some of the funds we received from the very generous people who donated to Tanzania Beach Lifeguards has gotten frozen in transfer. The...

Here are more pictures from the clinic!

More photos from the clinic! Here is an excerpt from the description of the course: "Students are learning movements, breathing,...

Big News: Tanzania Beach Lifeguards just hosted a National Drowning Prevention meeting at Shabaan Robert Swimming Pool. It was a huge...

We just heard that Today, someone drowned at Coco Beach, and that our lifeguards had to fish the body out. Unfortunately the victim had...

We hosted a drowning prevention session, and Coach Amina appeared on National TV in front of over 10,000 viewers!

We have finalized the equipment order for this project. Mike has sent us a list with everything we have to get. Unfortunately we need to...

We have hired the Administrative Director. Her name is Cecilia and she will: Liaise with government officials for operational support....

Today was the end of our trip, and we are heading back to the US. I feel like it was very successful trip that left us with some tasks to...

Here is our interview with Mike. As a reminder he is a consultant from South Africa, with lots of experience in Lifeguarding:

Today, we had an interview with Mike. Mike was kind enough to come and watch me swim in the Tanzanian National Clubs Championship. While...

While in Tanzania we wanted to recruit more Lifeguards, and so had multiple meetings at Coco Beach with the interested applicants. We...

One of the challenges that has arisen is that despite the enthusiasm of the lifeguards, there is a wide range of skills in terms of...

We met with Coach Amina and Mike, which was super productive, as Mike has much needed lifeguarding expertise, and we're very lucky to...

We just visited Coco Beach, and met up with Mike and Coach Amina. Its really cool to see all of the lifeguards in full uniform, and how...

On April 15th to 23rd, we are going to Dar! This is great because we can now meet up with Mike and Coach Amina and take a big step in...

Our most experienced lifeguard, Adam has agreed to become the head lifeguard trainer. Mike has offered to let him train in Durban which...

Tanzania Beach Lifeguards to the rescue! Today a fishing boat sunk at Coco Beach with 9 people on board. The lifeguards took the rescue...

The second phase of the lifeguard project is swim lessons, and the first swim and survival classes have started! We have 40 students from...

Mike visited Dar this week to help supervise the lifeguard program! They did some swim training at the pool first and then went to check...

We just completed the swimathon yesterday, it was a great success! Thank you so much to everyone who participated and Laszlo at the Bay...

Great news! The swimathon is happening tomorrow, and I have gathered 8 of my friends that are willing to do it with me. Huge thank you to...

I have met Mike, who is a lifeguard from South Africa who has set up new lifeguard programs all across Africa, and he has agreed to help...

We got a professional photographer and videographer to document our lifeguards. This is the first video, but there will be many more to...

Today the first lifeguard training was done. It was raining, so it was a classroom session. This was done in a tent. Here is a video of...

Today we also had our lifeguards on the beaches, as it is boxing day. There were so many people on the beach, so our guards had much to...

We just had a big milestone! Our first lifeguards were put on Coco beach today. It was raining so there were not that many people on the...

I am very excited that tomorrow Coach Amina and I are going to have lifeguards on the beach for the first time. Although I have said that...

We were going to make clothing with the logo on it for just the Lifeguarding team, but then realized that it would very likely be a way...

We are on holiday and so I have much more free time and so decided to make a logo. We used an art service to create it. We are going to...

I will organize a swimathon with my Alto Swim Team friends at the Bay Club in Redwood Shores on January 20th. The premise of the...

I was introduced to a non profit charity that he works with called GO Campaign. They raise money in America and use it to fund small...

Coach Amina made this poster to recruit applicants to become certified lifeguards and join our program and she immediately had many more...

It turns out that there is a very large lifeguarding program in South Africa which helps to address the issue of drowning in that...

We created a budget together for the first year which would be a test for a few beaches in Dar es Salaam before scaling nationally. It is...

Coach Amina and I made this video when I was in Dar this summer to explain the goals of the project.

What I was most worried about when starting this project was getting government approval for it. By pure luck, while I was swimming with...