Tsunami, Flooding, Storm Surges kill 635 across Asia in October
The International Life Saving Federation is closing monitoring a series of significant disaster events that have occurred across Asia in the past month.
Articles by Justin Scarr
Drowning and the UN Millennium Development Goals
In New York this week (20-22 September 2010), world leaders including nearly 140 heads of state, United Nations (UN) agencies and large scale donors, will meet at the UN Millennium…
ILS acknowledges World Indigenous Day
The International Life Saving Federation acknowledges the International Day of the Worldâ„¢s Indigenous People (August 9).
ILS welcomes inauguration of the International Drowning Research Centre-Bangladesh
Drowning is the leading killer of children under 18 in Bangladesh. Almost 18,000 children drown in Bangladesh each year, roughly 50 per day. In response to this hidden epidemic International…
An Appeal to the ILS Life Saving Community
The International Life Saving Federation expresses its sincerest condolences to the people of the Pakistan who have been affected by the nation’s worst flooding since 1929.