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William Mwamboneke, one of our lifeguards, was seriously injured on the job and had to be taken to the hospital. The accident affected the same leg he had already been struggling with. I have been in touch with him and he is still in the middle of the recovery process, and I want to take a moment to recognize everything he’s done for us. William has always been an incredible lifeguard, and I’m very grateful for all the work he puts in. I wish you a fast and smooth recovery Wi

Thank you to everyone who has reached out and expressed concern about the continued running of TBL during this election period. Despite all that is happening, we are still running and saving lives on Coco Beach.

We recently received a request from The Tanzania Beach Management Unit (BMU) in Mtwara to train leaders for their program. The BMU is a...

Here are some photos and videos from our latest Swim for Survival  lessons with children from Jangwani Secondary, Pugu Secondary, and...

Our visitors from Pepsi joined our lifeguards in a beach cleanup at Coco Beach. Together, they cleared the main area where our lifeguards...

Today, we had the pleasure of hosting visitors from Pepsi, including the director’s wife and son. They expressed sincere interest in...

Our Swim for Survival  training clinics with the 20 fire brigade officers have also received major local media coverage. Here’s a link to...

This week, we began Swim for Survival  training clinics with 20 officers from the Dar fire brigade. The program includes both classroom...

This past weekend, our lifeguards spotted something in the water and quickly identified it as a body that had likely been there for...

We are grateful to our friends from the Chinese Embassy, who recently donated swim fins to support our lifeguards’ training and rescue...

One of the original goals of Tanzania Beach Lifeguards was to teach as many people as possible how to swim. Since scaling this mission...

Today was the end of my short visit to Dar. It was great --- I got to meet with the lifeguards and talk to Amina. I'm very excited to see...

I have just finished attending the African Leadership Academy's Global Scholars Program in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am going to stop...

Here is a video of our lifeguards doing a team bonding training exercise. This was taken on an uncrowded morning at Coco Beach

In honor of World Drowning Prevention Day, here is an inspiring video, narrated by our lifeguard and vice chairperson, Fidelius Mongela,...

Today was the last day of our short trip to Dar. It went by very quickly but we managed to visit the lifeguards almost every day. This...

Here is a video of a team meeting with our lifeguards.

This afternoon we visited Coco Beach again, and we saw the whole team of lifeguards in uniform. They offered to show me a simulated...

Today I met up with around five of the lifeguards and we all briefly chatted about how they’ve been doing. William kindly offered to take...

I just arrived in Tanzania and plan to go to Coco Beach this evening. Our lifeguards are always on the beach and so even though they are...

This April I will be traveling to Tanzania to see how the lifeguards are doing, and meet with Coach Amina. I can’t wait to see our...

We just had a very fun and successful swimathon at Bay Club! My friends from school and swimming came and swam to help out, and even...

On Saturday, March 15th I am hosting a Swim-a-thon with 10 of my friends to raise money for Tanzania Beach Lifeguards’ 2025 budget! We...

Tanzania Beach Lifeguards had a very successful 2024! To summarize all of our achievements, we have raised over US$45,000, bought US$...

Tanzania Beach Lifeguards Anniversary!

One year ago today was the first day Tanzania Beach Lifeguards was on Coco Beach! It's so exciting to see how far we've come and how much...

Here is another account from Fidelus Mongella, one of our lifeguards who also helped in the boat rescue: "I was on duty, I was in the...

Here is a story from James (Jimmy) Chacha, who is another lifeguard and helped with the boat rescue. "[I] Have saved more than 10 people...

Here are two other stories from William James Mambonike, who was involved in the boat rescue in March: October 3, 2024: I wasn’t on duty...

Here are two stories from Joseph Mwingira, another member of Tanzania Beach Lifeguards. October I was on patrol, there was a young boy...

We have just recently received reports from the lifeguards detailing some examples of their numerous rescues. Over the next few days I...

One of the goals of the project was to have trained lifeguards who don't necessarily work for us, and we have found this to be even more...

Thanks to Cecilia's hard work, we now have a system in place to track our detailed expenses. There have been a number of variations from...

We have created safety posters to put up at Coco Beach. Here is the direct translation of their content: "TANZANIA BEACH LIFEGUARDS...

We set up this project to save lives and to teach swimming but one of the unexpected benefit has been the impact on the lives of our...

We have great news - Amina has found a way to locally source most of the equipment we thought we'd need to get from South Africa. This...

Some of the funds we received from the very generous people who donated to Tanzania Beach Lifeguards has gotten frozen in transfer. The...

Here are more pictures from the clinic!

More photos from the clinic! Here is an excerpt from the description of the course: "Students are learning movements, breathing,...

Big News: Tanzania Beach Lifeguards just hosted a National Drowning Prevention meeting at Shabaan Robert Swimming Pool. It was a huge...

We just heard that Today, someone drowned at Coco Beach, and that our lifeguards had to fish the body out. Unfortunately the victim had...

We hosted a drowning prevention session, and Coach Amina appeared on National TV in front of over 10,000 viewers!

We have finalized the equipment order for this project. Mike has sent us a list with everything we have to get. Unfortunately we need to...

We have hired the Administrative Director. Her name is Cecilia and she will: Liaise with government officials for operational support....

Today was the end of our trip, and we are heading back to the US. I feel like it was very successful trip that left us with some tasks to...

Here is our interview with Mike. As a reminder he is a consultant from South Africa, with lots of experience in Lifeguarding:

Today, we had an interview with Mike. Mike was kind enough to come and watch me swim in the Tanzanian National Clubs Championship. While...

While in Tanzania we wanted to recruit more Lifeguards, and so had multiple meetings at Coco Beach with the interested applicants. We...

One of the challenges that has arisen is that despite the enthusiasm of the lifeguards, there is a wide range of skills in terms of...