Prof. Shehata Gharib, Vice President of Assiut University for Education and Student Affairs, announced today his initiative of the activities of 'Your Life Concerns Us' to raise awareness against the risks of drowning accidents, in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Assiut Governorate and the Egyptian Family House.
Prof. Shehata Gharib stated that the initiative comes from the keenness of His Excellency the President of Egypt on people's life and his concern to preserve young people from the dangers of drowning, as it aims to educate them with these risks and protect them from it. This prompted the University of Assiut, the leading University on the Regional and International levels, to develop a strategy to provide awareness and guidance to reduce the risk of swimming in canals and Nile water, where there are continuous sinking cases.
He added that the aims of the initiative are to raise awareness of the dangers of drowning through seminars, awareness convoys, guidelines and warning signs that contain the numbers of rescue teams, in the towns and villages of the governorate, and to reduce the cases of drowning by making walls around the places where people swim in the Nile, and the activation of fines in case of violating the instructions, making free training courses to teach swimming and activating the role of the water police.
The initiative's goals also include activating the social and family role to reduce drowning cases, activate the role of clubs and youth centers, reduce the entry fees for swimming pools. It also includes providing safety means in the places of risk and raise awareness of first aid for drowning cases, and convert the places of drowning into tourist areas that witness recreational activities for young people.
On the initiative program, Dr. Ahmed Shereit, General Director of the University's Youth Welfare Department, states that the program begins with gathering in front of the Olympic Village at the University then move to Al -Khazan Bridge in front of Salam School, then the drawing symposium to raise awareness of how to prevent drowning accidents, followed by  the Nasser Youth Center in Walidiya, where a seminar will be held entitled 'Community Awareness on the phenomenon of drowning: Causes and prevention', and distribution of the brochure of the initiative  to youth of Al-Walidiya, then returning to the university.