WaterSafe Communities™
A connected framework for local planning, delivery and long-term capability.
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Swim Global Project · Building WaterSafe Communities™ Worldwide
Preventing drowning.
Saving lives.
Global knowledge. Local leadership.
Lasting water safety.
We help governments, organizations and communities turn water-safety priorities into practical action.
Water safety begins with people.Community · Education · Opportunity
Every child deserves water safety.
Education · Leadership · Community actionOur flagship framework
Seven pillars.
One shared purpose.
WaterSafe Communities™
A whole-community approach to water safety. Built around the local context, with the people and partnerships needed to put a plan into practice.
Explore the complete framework ↗01Assessment
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Understand local water environments, drowning risks, available data and the capacity already in place.
02Education
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Make water-safety information accessible, culturally relevant and useful in daily life.
03Swim competency
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Support practical learning pathways and the local people who deliver them.
04Safe environments
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Consider facilities, open water, access, supervision and the conditions around each activity.
05Policy & leadership
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Connect community priorities with clear responsibilities and informed public decisions.
06Implementation excellence
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Turn a plan into an agreed programme of work, with ownership, resources and follow-through.
07Sustainability
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Build local capability, reliable partnerships and a way to keep learning over time.
The SGP approach
Global perspective.
Community ownership.
The strongest water-safety work belongs to the people who carry it forward. Our approach connects a clear plan with local knowledge, practical resources and ongoing learning.
Assess
Listen to the community and establish a starting point.
Design
Set priorities, responsibilities and a practical action plan.
Implement
Support local leaders and delivery partners.
Measure
Track progress against agreed indicators.
Scale
Use the evidence to strengthen and extend the work.
People at the centre
Confidence. Connection.
Opportunity.
Water safety reaches beyond the water.
Education, community participation and access to learning can open new possibilities for families and the organizations that support them.
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Nathalie Martin, M.A.Founder & CEO
Meet our founder · Nathalie Martin
A lifetime of experience.
A deeply human mission.
More than thirty years of protecting people and preparing others to do the same.
From lifeguard to Master Trainer, aquatic-safety auditor and expert witness, Nathalie brings firsthand knowledge of what prevention demands. Her leadership spans professional service, international advocacy and the practical work of helping communities act.
She founded Swim Global Project to connect what we know about water safety with the people and systems that can put it into practice.
Discover Nathalie’s storyFrom expertise to public policy
Knowledge that
helps shape change.
A contribution to Florida’s drowning-prevention legislation.
Representative Anna V. Eskamani credited Nathalie Martin with drafting the original drowning-prevention education legislation. Related education provisions became part of Florida’s SB 428, signed into law in April 2026.
Explore the Florida storyFlorida · SB 428 · 2026
36–0Florida Senate
108–0Florida House
Unanimous passage in both chambers.
View the legislative record ↗Connected across continents
Local voices.
Global connection.
SGP ambassadors and advisors bring together people who champion water safety in their own communities and share expertise across the network.
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Building what comes next
A framework for lasting progress.
WaterSafe certification
Recognition. Benchmarking. Accountability. Continuous Improvement. Global Visibility.
Explore the visionMembership & shared learning
Individual, professional and organizational pathways to shared knowledge and practical learning.
Explore future membershipPartnerships & support
Connect your resources to community action.
Explore partnershipsFounder’s Insights
A perspective shaped by experience.
Read Nathalie’s reflections on leadership, access and the work of building safer communities.
Leadership & collaboration
There Is Room for All of Us. But Are We Really Making Room?
On collaboration, ego, the next generation, and what we choose to leave behind.
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Access & equity
Buy a Life Jacket or Feed Your Family: Africa's Deadliest Choice
Across Africa's lakes and rivers, governments have made life jackets mandatory. Almost none have made them possible.
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Water safety & humanity
Who Gets to Be Saved?
I thought drowning prevention was above politics. I was wrong.
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Tell us about the people, places and water-safety priorities that matter to you.