The World Health Organization (WHO) will publish the “Global Status Report on the General State of Drowning Risk Reduction in the European Union and Neighboring Countries” by the summer of 2025. In response to a request from the State Chancellery, the information about the situation in Latvia has been compiled for the WHO report, as…
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The organization “Swim Safe” and the Latvian Swimming Federation (LPF) organized 19 free training sessions for volunteer water guardians this summer in Riga, Jelgava, Saldus, Liepaja, Ogre, Valmiera, Saulkrasti, Jekabpils, and other locations. More than 480 residents of Latvia learned the fundamental principles of safe behavior around water, discovered how to rescue an adult or…
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Swim safely in cooperation with the Latvian Swimming Federation in October 2022 in Balvi, Valmiera and Riga invited every sports coach and interested person to the upgrade training courses “How to teach kids to swim so they feel safe in the water 2022 | 1st LEVEL”. Thanks to funding received from the Society Integration Foundation,…
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The majority, or 71% of Latvia’s population, cannot swim at least 200 meters, and one in three has admitted to finding themselves in a potentially life-threatening situation in water at some point in their lives, according to a study conducted by the Latvian Swimming Federation (LPF) and the organization “Swim Safe.” The level of swimming…
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At the climax of Day 2 of the historic Learn to Swim Conference in Jurmala, Latvia, European Aquatics announced plans to roll out a 2-year pilot project as the next step of its Learn to Swim (LTS) strategy. At least three European member federations who have highly-developed, developed and developing learn to swim programmes will…
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Wide-ranging presentations and networking the order of the day The first-ever European Aquatics Learn to Swim Conference was opened today in Jurmala, Latvia by President Antonio Silva. The two-day conference has brought together close to 200 delegates from 28 nations, including Olympians, academics, and experts from across the aquatic community. “This Conference is the first step to…
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On November 4th, 2023, 30 certified Latvian Red Cross first aid instructors strengthened their knowledge and skills in a Swim Safely lesson. They lead first aid courses for driving schools, companies, schools, and kindergartens every day. “Today’s task is to test our own abilities in a situation where we would have to go into the…
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Event time: 23.10.-27.10. Location: “Kipsala Swimming Pool”, Kipsalas Street 5 and private pre-school educational institution “Creakids”, Zvejnieku Street 12, Riga. Participant age: 7-14 years. Thanks to the funding from the Riga City Council, 20 children from Latvia and Ukraine spent five great days together during the autumn break at the “Swim Safe Together ’23” swimming…
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220 sports teachers in September and October completed the professional competence development course program “How to teach swimming so that children feel safe in the water 2023 | Level 2”. The association “Swim Safe”, in collaboration with the State Education Content Center, organized the courses in Kuldīga, Balvi, Rīga, Daugavpils, and Limbaži this fall. A…
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Within the framework of the European Social Fund project “Health Promotion in Jelgava”, in the summer of 2023, the association “Swim Safely” provided six free safe swimming lessons for 120 children aged 5 to 16! The lessons took place twice a month throughout the summer on the right bank of the Lielupe River. The aim…
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