SwimTayka

For some children, learning to swim isn’t a childhood milestone. It’s a lifeline.

Around the world, children grow up beside oceans, rivers and lakes without ever having the opportunity to learn how to swim. SwimTayka gives them the skills and confidence to stay safe in the water.

13,700+ children reached. Help us reach the next one.

For some children, learning to swim isn’t a childhood milestone. It’s a lifeline.

Around the world, children grow up beside oceans, rivers and lakes without ever having the opportunity to learn how to swim. SwimTayka gives them the skills and confidence to stay safe in the water.

13,700+ children reached. Help us reach the next one.

Why this matters

What if learning to swim could save a child’s life?

For thousands of children, swimming is more than a skill. It can be the difference between danger and safety.

13,700+ children reached so far.

Help us reach the next one.

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Our solution

How SwimTayka helps prevent drowning

Swimming & Water Safety

Helping children gain practical skills and confidence around water.

Training Local Instructors

Giving communities the knowledge to continue delivering water-safety education.

Safer Environments

Supporting practical drowning-prevention measures around dangerous water.

Community Partnerships

Working with trusted local organisations to deliver programmes where they are needed most.

Proof of reach

And it is already making a difference

Local partnerships are helping life-saving knowledge stay in communities around the world.

See our impact
13,700+
children reached
8
countries
4
continents

Huanchaco, Peru

What if the ocean was part of your childhood, but nobody had ever taught you how to survive in it?

In Huanchaco, children grow up alongside the Pacific Ocean, while formal swimming lessons are out of reach for many families.

SwimTayka partners with a local NGO to combine survival swimming and environmental education, while training local surf instructors to international standards.

Children gain practical skills for currents and waves, and the knowledge stays within their community.

Read more about our impact

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Your support helps more children learn the skills that can keep them safe in and around water.

Swim Tayka - Drowning Prevention in the UK and Worldwide
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