(HBO) – Summer vacation is a time when children temporarily leave their studying to enjoy, visit and have picnics. However, this is also the time for child drowning cases which made many families anxious.


In summer, many parents have registered swimming lessons for their children at Provincial Youth Center.

To prevent from drowning for children, the first and most important thing is to teach children to swim. Perceiving about the importance of drowning prevention, many families have taken their children to swimming lessons. This does not only help children relax, but also train them swimming skills. In the moment, apart from some swimming pools in Hoa Binh city, some places have started to build swimming pools and put swimming centers into operation, which has met social demand. In addition, child drowning prevention has been interested by Ministry of Education and Training, schools and educational institutions, therefore, it has been implemented seriously and effectively. For example, many schools provide swimming pools and free swimming lessons for students. They also combine into extracurricular activities with the contents of swimming safety tips, child drowning prevention. Secondly, they can instruct the children to comply with safety regulations from home to school and opposite, not allow children to play near ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, canals, ditches or places where there is a risk of drowning, organize the workshop about the model of "Universal Swimming in school" as well as instruct how to rescue drowning cases, and organize swimming competitions for students. As a result, it will help children enhance swimming skills and drowning prevention.

At the present, except to swimming lessons for children, they should be taught about life skills and water safety skills as well. Swimming module ought to be gradually organized in schools and the districts would develop the work of teaching swimming encourage children to participate in group activities in order to minimize the risk of injury and drowning. At the same time, the organizations actively implement the construction of "Safe house", "Safe school" and "Safe community" with the target of preventing from accidents and injuries, and eliminating the risk of drowning for children.

 

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