<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span> father has turned pain into purpose, convincing local councils to install anti-choking devices after the death of his son last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The life-saving kits will soon be found in 36 centres across Joondalup, in the hopes of stopping preventable deaths.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zaza Bwoga was happy, cheeky, and full of life but in January last year, an innocent gesture turned tragic.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ellenbrook-coward-punch-teenager-father-wants-alleged-attacker-to-face-adult-justice-system/8af58d16-62d0-4f1d-9cae-2b9c03230917"><strong><span>WA dad calls on son's alleged attacker to face adult justice system</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another toddler offered the one-year-old a grape before Zaza started to choke.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite desperate efforts to save him, he died in his father's arms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I tried y'all, I tried," Brian Bwoga said, breaking down in tears.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-dad-turning-pain-into-purpose-successful-campaign-lifevac-installed/596bb415-8ab9-47b6-abd2-f34a08fd15bc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm very sorry I couldn't save my son but I hope another parent doesn't have to go through this."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bwoga is now turning his grief into action, successfully pushing the City of Joondalup to install LifeVac devices at all community-based facilities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hospital-logjam-sa-health-system-under-pressure/fdc78039-64b6-469f-aece-505d471b559d"><strong><span>Hospital logjam: SA health system under pressure</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The first of 36 was installed at Joondalup Library today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The LifeVac device works like a plunger to clear the upper airway and the emergency suction tool is a last resort if first aid doesn't work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's not going to push any foreign object in, it's just going to suction, you can hear that pop, that's how it works," Bwoga said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm very sure if we had the right tools he would have been here."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to the LifeVac website, it was created by Arthur Lih along with "Dr Brody and a few friends" after Lih heard a woman crying about her son's death when he choked on a grape and the Heimlich manoeuvre didn't work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was amazed something so simple and so cheap could save lives," registered nurse Rebecca Pizzi told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Australia, 140 children under four choked or suffocated on food in 2022-2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Perth dad's mission is to drive those numbers down and save young lives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I want them in schools, daycare centres, I want first responders to have them," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS 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