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We are Lifeguards Without Borders, a group of young, adventurous medical professionals who all began, and still serve, as ocean lifeguards with a vision: to help make a dent in the number of drownings happening around the world. How, you ask? By helping to train and organize like-minded individuals within the local population of the areas we visit to form self-sustainable life saving programs. Sometimes we find that there are already people actively doing the job and we simply offer our assistance as Lifeguard Instructors to hone their skills. Other times, candidates for life saving have to be sought out and recruited. Always, we find people who are fed up with the unnecessary deaths caused by drowning who are grateful and willing to learn and make  a difference.


Our latest project was centered around a focused effort to train and refine Peruvian lifeguard instructors. We feel that proficient instructors are vital to creating a sustainable lifesaving program. In addition to success of the class, we feel that we were able to foster an attitude of cooperation between two lifesaving agencies prone to competition. The future of Peruvian Lifesaving looks very bright as the Associación de Salvavidas Voluntarios de Peru and the Peruvian National Police continue to work together. For video from our last trip, click here.


Click here to see our Spanish Language video for Ocean Rescue Professionals.


Please poke around our website and see what we’re about. We have lots of photos in our Media section. You can read about our projects in more detail in the News section, and definitely explore our Info and Links sections to learn more about drowning and prevention.

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12/10/10

Gearing up for Carnival in Montanita, Ecuador with Project Ecuador, March 2011. It’s going to be madness!


6/5/10

Filming for our ILF Open Water Lifesaving Instructional Video is underway. Check in for more updates!



Also, check out our “Beyond The Beach” segment on our current events page for news on projects we’re working on in our own backyard!



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Lifeguards Without Borders is posting a Call to Action. Lifeguards Without Borders has teamed up with Project Ecuador and will be heading to Ecuador for Carnivale 2011 to provide lifeguard services at packed beaches during this busy party time.

The entire country of Ecuador migrates to the beach and a state of emergency is declared along the coast to handle the influx of people. There is also a surf contest at the epic pointbreak.

Last year, the lifeguard team in Montanita, Ecuador performed over 200 rescues and had 6 full resuscitations in just 4 days!!!


We are putting together a team of Florida based lifeguards/EMT's to work with local lifeguards to provide medical and lifeguard services in Montanita, Ecuador, March 5-8, 2011.

We are looking for Residents/Attendings/RN's/Paramedic's to join the team and provide drowning resuscitation training to local MD/RN's and help staff a mobile field treatment unit with a lifeguard strike team. No lifeguard experience required.
Click here for the 2011 Invite.pdf. Contact Justin for if you are interested in taking part in this humanitarian effort.