Drowning is a leading cause of death for children. An alarming number of children don't know how to swim or have weak swimming ability. USA Swimming Foundation both supports up-and-coming ...
Swimmers of Colour is currently teaching 10 women to swim and has nearly 50 people on its waiting list. Florence Nyasamo-Thomas is the founder of Lives of Colour, which oversees the project.
The Hawaii Aquatics Foundation has launched the Keiki Water Safety Initiative, a pilot program teaching 2nd-graders how to swim at no cost to schools or students. Cooper runs the foundation’s ...
Its recommendations for swimming and water safety teaching include: a new national Top-Up Swimming programme to ensure all children reach statutory standards a new swimming achievement award for ...
“Learning to swim is important not only because lessons teach a child how to swim, they also teach how to be safe in and around water,” he said. Teaching kids the ins and outs of water safety ...