The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is building Survival Swimming Centres in rural areas to help prevent drownings.
The project aims to teach swimming in poor communities.
The NSRI says very few South Africans, about 15%, can swim.
Children in rural areas go unsupervised to farm dams, leading to drownings.
In summer, thousands of adults and children flock to the country's shorelines and public pools. But
