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Speedo
"Not only is this a remarkable concept, it is also a fantastic life-changing cause
and one which we at SPEEDO will fully support." |
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British Triathlon
"A child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. That is about the time it takes to swim
25 metres. That puts things into perspective."
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Catholic Schools of Western Australia
"This is a laudable initiative, bringing together people from across the world to
cooperate in making a fundamental difference to many people's lives."
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The BBC
"World Swim Against Malaria comes at a time when there has never been a greater need
to combat malaria and stop people dying needlessly and in unacceptably large numbers." |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
"This is already an important initiative across
the PwC world and we expect to have many thousands of our partners and staff, together
with their families and associates, swimming to raise funds to buy the mosquito
nets that are so urgently needed."
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Diana Sport
"How wonderful to see the world's swimming community working together for such an
important cause."
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English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA)
"It is highly appropriate that many children will be participating in World Swim
Against Malaria given 70% of the deaths from malaria are children under 5." |
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United World Colleges
"It's an exciting opportunity for the whole of the UWC movement to work towards a
single goal, and we're delighted to be involved. Please follow our progress on the
website!"" |
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Rotary International (Great Britain & Ireland)
"...we applaud this initiative of trying to get a million people to swim and Rotarians
will play our part. We will have at least 5,000 swimming and raising money and,
we hope, many more."
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UK Schools (NAHT)
"Given 70% of the deaths from malaria each year are children under 5 it is very appropriate
many schoolchildren take part in World Swim Against Malaria." |
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South Africa
"With some of the worst malaria suffering taking place on our doorstep, there was
no doubt the swimming community in South Africa would be involved in this initiative."
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British Swimming
"This is a terrific initiative from the world of swimming to help the fight against
the world's largest single disease killer of children, malaria." |
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Combined Services Swimming
"Led by the Army Swimming Union and coordinated by our network of Physical Training
Instructors, we will be manoeuvring 5,000 combined service personnel, families and
children towards swimming pools as part of a series of community swims for World
Swim Against Malaria." |
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British Universities
"The British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) brought World Swim Against Malaria
to the attention of the universities in the UK by sending out a simple email. University
swimming captains started to hit 'reply' and said count us in and the numbers grew.
Simple really." |
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JWT
"We are going to try and involve all of our 331 offices around the world and collectively
"Swim Across Africa", 4,200miles. We like a challenge."
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Accenture
"Some of our staff have already asked if their volunteer work could involve helping
with the distribution of bednets in Africa." |
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Metro UK
"... we will aim to get 5,000 readers, clients and staff swimming." |
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Buckinghamshire
"We feel that this is a terrific initiative, bringing together people across the
world..." |
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Microsoft
"...Microsoft people, including some of our most senior executives, will be swimming...'" |
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Lifesaving South Africa
"We like the idea of putting up a mosquito net at each location so people can throw
their fundraising donations into the net. Simple and symbolic." |
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AUSSI Masters
"We are going walkabout with our swim and together we will be swimming 4,025 kms
as we cross from West to East."
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FAWCO
"FAWCO clubs - get ready to jump in the water! We invite all 18,000 members, as well
as their spouses, colleagues, kids, friends, kids' friends and classmates, to be
part of the FAWCO tidal wave of swimmers." |
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AIESEC
"We are familiar with the effects of malaria here as some parts of the Philippines
are particularly badly affected."
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Swimming South Africa
"From tiddlers and tots to mature swimmers; from casual to frequent, from grassroots
to elite swimmers, please join us and be one of the million." |
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Swimming Australia
"We will do our utmost to encourage many many Australians to support and participate
in World Swim Against Malaria. Australians, come on, let's sign up and get the greatest
swimming nation on earth behind this."
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Rotarians In Australia
"Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) in Australia has been distributing mosquito nets
in the Pacific region for some time now through our Adopt-A-Village programme. Rotarians
in Australia are delighted to be taking part in World Swim Against Malaria. " |
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Zoggs
"The equivalent of 7 jumbo jets full of children die of malaria every day. You don't
need any more reason than that to be counted in World Swim Against Malaria. "
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Kirsty and Zim Swim
"It doesn't matter how fast each of us swim: when it comes to World Swim Against
Malaria each of us participating counts as one person swimming." |
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