This year, the RLSSI reported the following progress to the Regional Body of ILS:

This year, the RLSSI reported the following progress to the Regional Body of ILS:

Since 2000 over 12,000 first aid providers, lifesavers and lifeguards have been trained. This has been achieved through over 2000 free demonstrations and over 300 training courses country wide.

The Swim to Survive’ programme has taught nearly 30,000 men, women and children to swim.

The Poverty Alleviation programme is ongoing and trains both urban and rural people as lifeguards. The programme assists them in finding jobs, in the process elevating their family status from below to above the poverty line.

A project has been prepared and submitted to the State Government and the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation for the formation of ten Flood Relief Teams, each equipped with appropriate gear and trained to rescue and revive victims during floods.

From May to July 2007, 800 officials were trained from different disaster prone districts of Maharashtra in disaster relief.

A pilot project to cover Dehli, Agra and the Jaiper Golden Tourist Triangle has been approved by the Ministry of Tourism to train people in first aid along the road/highway. To date 350 volunteers have been trained.

An ongoing project to give free training to handicapped children in first aid, swimming and lifesaving continues in Pune.

Four more lifeguards from India were trained in Sydney, Australia in May 2007.