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You are here: Home / Latest News / It takes this much water for a child to drown

It takes this much water for a child to drown

November 24, 2011 by Michael Leave a Comment

Do you know how much water it takes for a child to drown?

 

 

It takes this much……..

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That’s right it only takes that much water in a pool, bathtub, nappy bucket, play pool, bucket, bin, beach, dam or any other source of water…

Supporting the launch and sharing of this campaign

The Samuel Morris Foundation is proud to be associated with the launch of of this water safety campaign… a project put together by advertising agency Cabana Boys. A number of families that the Samuel Morris Foundation have assisted were involved in doing media in support of the launch of this video on 24 November. We would like to thank those families for sharing their personal stories and adding their voice to this important message.

Now it’s your turn – share it!

We want you to do two things to help us support this campaign….

1. Look over at the right hand side of this web page and click LIKE in the Facebook widget

2. Share this video on your Facebook page (facebook.com/thismuch)

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Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bathtub safety, Children, drowning, drowning prevention, innovation, Near Drowning, saving lives

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  1. nik says

    November 24, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Thank you for the support and spreading this important message

    Nik

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