The problem in Brazil
The Northern region of Brazil has the highest mortality rate.
Every 2 days, a TOURIST dies in Brazil.
Children over 10 Years old and adults drown more often in natural waters rivers reservoirs, and beaches).
Each drowning death costs Brazil R$ 210,000.00. 70% of drowning deaths occurs in rivers lakes, and reservoirs.
A 51% reduction in drowning mortality over 43 years (1979-2022) indicates that EDUCATION IN PREVENTION is the right path in the fight against this endemic issue.
4 MAJOR ACTIONS TAKEN
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CARRYING OUT
A PREVENTION ACTION in my CITY
5,050 volunteers carrying out a prevention action in their city, posting a tip on their social media, and lighting up their monuments in blue.
CELEBRATING WORLD DAY
with prevention interactions to 8,000 visitors at AquaRio in Rio de Janeiro, from 10am to 4pm.
CHALLENGING with UNITY
“At arm ´ s length, I take care of my greatest treasure” join a unity movement by taking strokes along the journey around the blue planet.
4 FINDING the best solutions
Debate and presentation of the drowning problem and its solutions in a 90-minute live stream with distinguished guests, broadcast starting at 6 PM via YouTube.
FOR THE REDUCTION OF DROWNINGS
“I am part of the solution, not the problem”
CARRYNG OUT A PREVENTION ACTION in my CITY
5,050 volunteers carrying out a prevention action in their city, posting a tip on their social media, and lighting up their monuments in blue.
IDENTIFY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM related to DROWNING in your area
Download our 2024 Bulletin.
CARRY OUT AN IN-PERSON ACTION that would effectively adresses your local issue. Any action saves lives, no matter how small it may seem. (see the options)
POST ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, a prevention tip or a photo with others at arm ´ s length, or gather a group and embrace a DROWNING RISK AREA. – write “At ARM´S LENGTH” and use our oficial seal. Download here.
CONTACT the city’s monuments using our invitation letter so that on the day, they ILLUMINATE IN BLUE.
REPORT your actions in the SOBRASA
Telegram group so that everyone can participate and tag us on their social media to help spread the word: @sobrasa #sobrasa #DrowningPrevention #drowning #afogamento @who.
FOR THE RECUCTION OF DROWNINGS
CARRYNG OUT a prevention action in my
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH – FANTASTIC RESULTS
Estádio Olímpico PARÁ
Palácio BURITI DISTRITO FEDERAL
Cristo Redentor RIO DE JANEIRO
Palácio do Governo ALAGOAS
Palácio Iguaçu PARANÁ
NORTHERN REGION
NORTHEASTERN REGION
CENTRALWESTERN REGION
SOUTHEASTERN REGION
SOUTH Region
CELEBRATING WORLD DAY
With the prevention interactions with 8,000 visitors at AquaRio in Rio de Janeiro, from 10am to 4pm.
In the LARGEST MARINE AQUARIUM IN SOUTH AMERICA, with 4,5 million liters of water, 2,000 inhabitants from 350 species from Brazil and Around the world.
Our volunteers interacting with 8,000 visitors.
EXHIBITING MATERIALS FOR DROWNING PREVENTION, RESCUE, AND FIRST AID
Inflatable manequins, beach umbrella, tent, rescue board, rescue tubes, fins, sunscreem, rescue bag, ring buoy, institutional banner, and more...
INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC trough prevention activities with comic books, children’s tattoos, bracelets, masks, crowns, memory games, and puppet theaters.
COMMUNICATING trough social media, media relations, audiovisual documentation, and live streams.
FOR THE REDUCTION OF DROWNINGS
CELEBRATING WORLD DAY
With the prevention interactions with the 8,000 visitors at AquaRio in Rio de Janeiro, from 10am to 4pm.
Media on TV
CELEBRATING WORLD DAY
With the prevention interactions with the 8,000 visitors at AquaRio in Rio de Janeiro, from 10am to 4pm.
Photos
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CELEBRATING WORLD DAY
With the prevention interactions with the 8,000 visitors at AquaRio in Rio de Janeiro, from 10am to 4pm.
In Partnership with ASAS and DHL, we held a SOBRASA KIDS event with PWDs in Saquarema.
ASAS received as a donation from DHL: Three amphibious chairs for PWDs and 30meters beach access mat.
CHALLENGING with UNITY
“At arm ´ s length, I take care of my greatest treasure” Join a unity movement by taking strokes along the journey around the blue planet.
WE TOOK PART IN A GREAT CHALLENGE
Stroke by stroke, we swam, paddled, surfed, and tracked the distance we covered together as we traveled the blue planet in the fight to reduce drownings, each one in their city. It took place in pools, at the beach, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. We started on April 26 and finished on July 25 (90 days).
HOW IT WAS DONE?
• The volunteer registered on 'Google Forms' with their name, gender, age, activity (swimming, paddling, surfing, or sailing), distance covered, city, and state.
• This data was compiled on a world map, with daily updates until July 25th.
70,005 Km covered
See the resuts next page
FOR THE REDUCTION OF DROWNINGS
“I am part of the solution, not the problem”
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CHALLENGING with UNITY
“at arm ´ s length, I take care of my greatest treasure” Join a unity movement by taking strokes along the journey around the blue planet.
70,005 Km
Covered (almost 2 laps around de planet)
2,758 people
92 teams
90 individual participants
People participation in other sports
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99% through Swimming, accounting for 91% of the participants
Average Age: 39 years old
CHALLENGING with UNITY
“at arm ´ s length, I take care of my greatest treasure” Join a unity movement by taking strokes along the journey around the blue planet.
70,005 Km
covered
Participation by state
Longest distance by state
1st place
2nd place
4th place
5th place
Longest distances by team
KM
Team
1st place 53,520 Tijuca Tenis Clube (RJ) 2nd place 8898 ACQUA (RJ)
3rd place 2238 GNU (RS)
Longest individual distances
1st place – 417 KM Priscilla de Andrade Magalhaes (RJ) Swimming
2nd place – 380 KM André de Souza Ferraz Alves (PE) rowing
3rd place – 125 KM Henrique Teixeira (SP) swimming
4 FINDING the best solutions
Debate and presentation of the drowning problem and its solutions in a 90-minute live stream with distinguished guests, broadcast starting at 6 PM via YouTube.
We discussed the drowning problem and the best solutions.
A 90-minute live stream with celebrities and influencers, broadcast on a SOBRASA YouTube channel.
A hostess, 5 guests in the studio, and 23 other testimonies online, both national and international .
The WHO representative in Geneva sent us a message, congratulating us for our leadership and the reduction of drownings in Brazil (Podcast 1).
FOR THE REDUCTION OF DROWNINGS
“I am part of the solution, not the problem”
FINDING the best solutions
Debate and presentation of the drowning problem and its solutions in a 90-minute live stream with distinguished guests, broadcast starting at 6 PM via YouTube.
FINDING the best solutions
Debate and presentation of the drowning problem and its solutions in a 90-minute live stream with distinguished guests, broadcast starting at 6 PM via YouTube.
Thank you all for your partnership
Anyone can drown, no one should.
To the INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
Across the 27 STATES
Acre (AC)
Alagoas (AL)
Amapá (AP)
Amazonas (AM)
Bahia (BA)
Ceará (CE)
Distrito Federal (DF)
Espírito Santo (ES)
Goiás (GO)
Maranhão (MA)
Mato Grosso (MT)
Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Minas Gerais (MG)
Pará (PA)
Paraíba (PB)
Paraná (PR)
Pernambuco (PE)
Piauí (PI)
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Rio Grande do Norte (RN)
Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Rondônia (RO)
Roraima (RR)
Santa Catarina (SC)
São Paulo (SP)
Sergipe (SE)
Tocantins (TO)
