UK charity teaches children in Bangladesh to swim, where drowning is the biggest killer of young children

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Children who completed SwimSafe 2026 with Pat Kerr MBE, founder of Sreepur Village, and the SwimSafe team in Gazipur, Bangladesh.

A child swimming during SwimSafe 2026 in Gazipur, Bangladesh.

SwimSafe instructors teaching rescue skills during the 2026 programme in Gazipur, Bangladesh.

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