How possible is it to float on lake or sea water?

In the East African Community, many fatal boat accidents occur every year between July and October due to strong winds that occur during that time. But the acting Commissioner for Marine in Uganda Police, Patrick Lawot says that any person managing a water vessel carrying passengers the police will find between July and October without life saving gadgets will be arrested and charged.

The strong winds can even sometimes break boats and kill passengers. In Uganda, all people sailing on water bodies have to carry whistles which they blow to make alerts for rescue in case of boat accidents and at the same time put on life jackets.

Also every boat in Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Rwanda among other African countries must have an arch that can be used to keep the boat in one position if the weather and or the wind is bad. The boat managers must also carry floaters in their boats that can be used when there is a water accident on water.

In case of water accidents, the life jackets keep a person who doesn’t know to swim floating on water for more than two days. A person who can’t swim and has no life jackets drowns within six minutes.

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The United Nations and The Nippon Foundation of Japan concluded a trust fund project agreement to provide capacity-building and human resource development to developing coastal States Parties and non-Parties to UNCLOS through a new Fellowship Programme.

The main objective of the fellowship is to provide opportunities for advanced education and training in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea, and related disciplines including marine science, to Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing coastal States, so that they may obtain the necessary knowledge to assist their countries to formulate comprehensive ocean policy and to implement the legal regime set out in UNCLOS and related instruments.

Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

• You must be between the ages of 25 and 35.
• You must have successfully completed a first university degree, and demonstrate a capacity to undertake independent advanced academic research and study.
• Your proposed research and study programme must contribute directly to your nation’s formulation and/or implementation of ocean affairs and law of the sea policies and programmes.

Deadline: 15 August.

For more information and application materials, contact: Marine Science and Law of the Sea Scholarships Website

Study Marine Science and Law of the Sea Scholarships

The United Nations and The Nippon Foundation of Japan concluded a trust fund project agreement to provide capacity-building and human resource development to developing coastal States Parties and non-Parties to UNCLOS through a new Fellowship Programme.

The main objective of the fellowship is to provide opportunities for advanced education and training in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea, and related disciplines including marine science, to Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing coastal States, so that they may obtain the necessary knowledge to assist their countries to formulate comprehensive ocean policy and to implement the legal regime set out in UNCLOS and related instruments.

Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

• You must be between the ages of 25 and 35.
• You must have successfully completed a first university degree, and demonstrate a capacity to undertake independent advanced academic research and study.
• Your proposed research and study programme must contribute directly to your nation’s formulation and/or implementation of ocean affairs and law of the sea policies and programmes.

Deadline: 15 August.

For more information and application materials, contact: Marine Science and Law of the Sea Scholarships Website

Study Marine Science and Law of the Sea Scholarships

The United Nations and The Nippon Foundation of Japan concluded a trust fund project agreement to provide capacity-building and human resource development to developing coastal States Parties and non-Parties to UNCLOS through a new Fellowship Programme.

The main objective of the fellowship is to provide opportunities for advanced education and training in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea, and related disciplines including marine science, to Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing coastal States, so that they may obtain the necessary knowledge to assist their countries to formulate comprehensive ocean policy and to implement the legal regime set out in UNCLOS and related instruments.

Scholarship Application Eligibility Criteria:

• You must be between the ages of 25 and 35.
• You must have successfully completed a first university degree, and demonstrate a capacity to undertake independent advanced academic research and study.
• Your proposed research and study programme must contribute directly to your nation’s formulation and/or implementation of ocean affairs and law of the sea policies and programmes.

Deadline: 15 August.

For more information and application materials, contact: Marine Science and Law of the Sea Scholarships Website

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