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MAKING WAVES FOR CHARITY

he conditions were on sustainability, with no our congratulations to all the top donors, or the swimmers and all from the 1 Mile and 4 Mile
near-perfect as some 172 evidence left on the beach that achievers and to those who were their generous donors.” events were shared by the 10
Tswimmers competed the event took place. Swimmers competing in their first-ever invitational charities.
The Oceans 8 Charity Swim
in the 1 Mile, 4 Mile, and 8 were provided with reusable ocean swimming event. is the country’s first-of-its-kind These include Adopt-a-River,
Mile events at the Oceans 8 water bottles, water-on-tap, She said the Durban Undersea open water swim, organised Caversham Education Institute,
Charity Swim which took place and minimum packaging, with
at Durban Undersea Club on the crews from Adopt-a-River Club was packed with swimmers, exclusively by charities for CROW - The Centre for the
15 and 16 June. This annual on site to sort all waste into spectators, sponsors, and vendors charities. This swim was Rehabilitation of Wildlife, the
started by founding charities,
– all part of the community
Game Rangers’ Association of
fundraiser saw more than R800k compostable, recyclable, and supporting the various causes: Duzi Umngeni Conservation Africa, International Sailors’
raised for 14 local charities – saleable.
with donations still coming in. “We had whole families Trust, the National Sea Rescue Society of Southern Africa, Kerr
Oceans 8 Charity Swim event participating, with parents doing Institute, Project Rhino, and House, Liberty NPO, One Planet
This year, the swimmers spokesperson, Hilary Bruss, said the 8 Mile and children doing Singakwenza Early Childhood S.A., Wildlife ACT and Umduduzi
competed across a new route it took a lot of collaboration to the 4 Mile or 1 Mile events. Education to provide a - Hospice Care for Children. 
which went over the end of make the event a success: “We’d We also welcomed donations, sustainable flow of funding to
Vetch’s Reef, giving participants like to extend our appreciation in one way or another, from 14 charities with a footprint in Watch out for next year’s Oceans
a clear view of the marine life. to everyone involved in making 58 companies. We couldn’t KZN. The 8 Mile swimmers 8 Charity Swim by visiting www.
In addition to its charitable the Oceans 8 Charity Swim such have done it without the event raised funds for the founding oceans8swim.co.za or following @
drive, the event also focuses a huge success, as well as sending sponsors, prize and goodie bag charities and the funds oceans8_charityswim on Instagram
and oceans8swim on Facebook.

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