By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - With the mid-year school holidays fast approaching Lifesaving South Africa is asking parents and caregivers to be extra vigilant of their children especially around bodies of water. The WHO estimates that fatal child drownings in the country peak at more than 2000 annually, mostly affecting children between the ages of 5 and 17. To mark Child Protection Week and Youth Month, Lifesaving SA spokesperson Dhaya Sewduth says all children should be taught to be watersmart and can learn to do so through the interactive modules that they have designed...

<p>By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - With the mid-year school holidays fast approaching Lifesaving South Africa is asking parents and caregivers to be extra vigilant of their children especially around bodies of water. The WHO estimates that fatal child drownings in the country peak at more than 2000 annually, mostly affecting children between the ages of 5 and 17. To mark Child Protection Week and Youth Month, Lifesaving SA spokesperson Dhaya Sewduth says all children should be taught to be watersmart and can learn to do so through the interactive modules that they have designed...</p>

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