Children take part in a rescue rope-throwing contest after undergoing water-safety training at a swimming complex. The session was organised by the Nonthaburi provincial administration organisation in Bang Yai district in 2020. In 2019, as many as 550 children drowned and most of these deaths occurred during the summer school break between March and May. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The government is lending its support to the Department of Physical Education’s Thai Children Can Swim project after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that drowning is the second highest cause of death among children globally.
Rachada Dhnadirek, deputy spokeswoman for the Prime Minister’s Office, also said on Thursday that as a…
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