Safe Water Sports, the Organization that promotes safety in the aquatic environment, has opened its doors to the schools in order to facilitate educational visits at its promises. Precisely, the Organization has officially launched ''Ocean Lab'' an educational, interactive place where students are invited at no cost to attend a two-hour interactive kind of lesson through technologically based games.
Additioanlly, the John Latsis Foundation supports this action by covering the transportation cost of all students from primary or high schools located in the region of Athens. So far, more thatn 700 students have visited our premises.
Our next goal is to create digital or even physical ''Ocean Labs'' through out Greece!
Another goal for the Organization is to promote even greater safety and education to children where they do not have any kind of access to swimming pools. This can be done by communicating with Municipalities and facilitating the process of sea-based swimming pools that will be open to the public six months each year. This is a way to reassure that swimming classes can be given not only to young children but also to the elderly given the fact that 82 % of those who lose their lives at sea, in Greece, are over 60.
In the following months, the Organization will also produce the new 'Observatory of accidents' regarding drownings and accidents in the aquatic environment from 2018-2022.
Last, but not least, another goal is to create a wider range of educational online games where children can learn about their safety at sea or in the swimming pool through a fun way.
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Safe Water Sports has created a unique swimming program for children to ensure the quality of learning at swimming pools through the enjoyment of the water, with the hope to increase water confidence and water safety awareness.
Based on this, the Organization has made presentations and has attended several events regarding the awareness of this swimming program to swimming instructors, parents and municipalities.
Additionally, on May 2022, Safe Water Sports created ''Oceal Lab'' a unique place where it welcomes students from primary schools on a daily basis in order to teach them about safety rules in the sea, in the swimming pool and in water sports through a series of interactive games. So far, more than 600 children of schools and summer camps have visited the Organization and have learned about their safety at sea and in the swimming pool through the use of technology.
Furthermore, during summer seaon, the educational material regarding safety at sea, was translated in French and Arabic. Therefore, our next goal is to communicate with French schools in Greece in order to provide the material but also with schools abroad!
Last but not least, the Organization has created a VR game in order to teach children of secondary education about safety at sea by combining fun and awareness. Hence, this is a unique educational toolkit that will be completed in 2023.
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Safe Water Sports has created a unique swimming program for children to ensure the quality of learning at swimming pools through the enjoyment of the water, with the hope to increase water confidence and water safety awareness.
The swimming program is designed in cooperation with an expert group consisting of swimming instructors, Olympic winner athletes and the Association of Lifeguard Schools of Greece. Through the program, children learn about strokes and distances, basic safety rules in the aquatic environment and key lifesaving and water safety skills.
The program provides a series of certificates to children that consist of a progression of twelve stages. There are 4 series with 3 levels on each series: Orange Cap (for baby swimming), Purple Cap, Silver Cap & Gold cap that address to children of 3 up to 12 years old. Once children complete the Orange Cap series, they progress to the Purple Cap series etc. At the end, children receive a personalised full-colour A4 certificate upon completion of each stage. The qualification items for each stage can be found on the back of the certificate.
With this program, we have an opportunity to ensure every generation is taught basic water safety skills. But we have to work together to make it happen.
Additionally, on May 2022, Safe Water Sports created ''Oceal Lab'' a unique place where it welcomes students from primary schools on a daily basis in order to teach them about safety rules in the sea, in the swimming pool and in water sports through a series of interactive games. Each day the Organization welcomes more than 50-100 students!
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Safe Water Sports is a non-profit organization founded in 2015 with the interest of providing information and raising awareness to the general public on safety matters related to recreational water activities and water sports with great emphasis on safety standards and the prevention of drownings and sea-based accidents.
In 2022, SWS plans to present a unique swimming program for children of 3 months-12 years old that teaches them what they need to know when they start learning swimming. The program will consist of 4 levels where children will be awarded with a diploma that presents their skills each year. At the same time, the Organization in cooperation with a team of experts will create a series of videos that present all the stages of the swimming program and basically anything that may be considered helpful for them.
Additionally, in 2022 SWS plans to create a series of interactive educational videos at the swimming pool where students watch a story movie and they have to decide about the flow of the story. In 2021, the Organization managed to create a series of educational videos regarding safety at sea and in water sports where children had to decide how the story continues. Basically, students decide the right side or the wrong side on the video and they have the ability to watch what happens when they choose the wrong one.
Furthermore, one of the Organization's major goals is to meet with the Embassies of European Mediterranean countries in Greece in order to discuss and cooperate with them in the purpose of organizing an EUMED summit raising the importance of the safety issue in the aquatic environment.
Finally, in 2022, SWS will produce and present the statistical data regarding drownings and accidents in the aquatic environment in Greece from 2017-2021.
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Safe Water Sports is a non-profit organization founded in 2015 with the interest of providing information and raising awareness to the general public on safety matters related to recreational water activities and water sports with great emphasis on safety standards and the prevention of drownings and sea-based accidents.
Οne of our latest accomplishments is that we have created a series of interactive educational videos regarding safety at sea and in water sports where children have to decide how the story continues. Basically, students decide the right side or the wrong side on the video and they have the ability to watch what happens when they choose the wrong one.
SWS plans to create also a series of interactive educational videos for the swimming pool where students watch a story movie and they decide again about the flow of the story.
Additionally, this year SWS plans to create the first swimming program in Greece for swimming pools with a main goal of making children know how to swim through a series of levels from 4-12 years of age.
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