Welcome!

We are Salvavidas International, 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 next project is centered around another trip to Lima, Peru, in December of 2008. We hope to raise/save enough money to send five people to work with the Association of Peruvian Lifeguards (ASP) in a focused effort to train and refine Peruvian lifeguard instructors. We feel that proficient instructors are vital to creating a sustainable lifesaving program. 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.