NSRI lifejacket donation to NLRI

AFRAS newsletter - NLRI feature

NLRI Rescue Station Sketch

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NLRI SAR development partnership with

After much debate, a concept modular, containerized station, to be fabricated out of redundant 40ft shipping containers, was opted for, for the following reasons. So how does a penniless, fledgling rescue service acquire two, good 40ft containers and the funds necessary to roof and otherwise convert them into East Africa's first ever purpose built, lifeboat station? Welcome Safmarine, through local agents Maersk Uganda, who responded immediately to the call, seeing the humanitarian and business value of partnering with Lake Rescue. Safmarine's Matthew Kasujja and Stephane Gay scrutinized the plans developed by the NLRI, asked a sufficient number of probing questions to satisfy them that the project was viable and user-friendly and the funds were approved.

A few days later the first of two 40 footers arrived on a truck at the NLRI base and were unloaded, along with a cheque for US$10,000 for the lifeboat station conversion and construction work.

With the successful completion of Station 1, there are six more lifeboat stations to complete around Lake Victoria and one on Lake Albert in the north west of the country, over the coming year.

Lake Rescue looks forward to continuing this excellent development partnership with Safmarine in their joint quest to make the waters of East Africa a safer place to be for all. We offer a big thank-you to Safmarine for recognizing the worth of this project and for having the foresight to be the first big corporate partner to be welcomed on board.