SwimTayka have partnered with Swimdo for 2022. Swimdo is a non-profit organization that aims to reduce the rate of childhood drowning in high-risk communities in Indonesia, the worlds 4th most populous country.

They are a group of young-ocean-loving-people that want to bring our love of the ocean to the children of Indonesia in a safe and responsible manner. They aim to make children safe around water. There program addresses and protects against many causes of childhood drowning. Their mission is to protect and enrich the lives of children through aquatic education.

Swimdo is located in Keramas, home to a world-class surf break, many other relatively well-known ones, and several secret surf spots we can bring you to for sessions away from the crowds.

Since 2015 Swimdo's mission has been to protect and enrich the lives of children and their communities through aquatic education. Our team is made up of international and local professionals that have years of experience in swim instruction, CPR, water safety, oceanography, and community development.

In 2013 Swimdo's soon-to-be founder, Seamus, was volunteering as an English teacher at a small school in Eastern Bali. Seamus would frequently visit the beach with his students and was shocked to learn that the majority of them had never learned to swim despite dwelling nearby the ocean. This realization motivated him to take action to help his students and the fellow members of their community learn to swim. After discussing this idea with long-time friend, Neal, the two set out to create Swimdo, a non-profit organization that would address the lack of aquatic education throughout Indonesia. Later, in 2015, Swimdo was founded and since its inception has taught over 4,000 children throughout Indonesia survival swimming and water safety skills. The organization currently employs a full team of local swim instructors and volunteer coordinators and has partnered with drowning prevention and educational organizations throughout South-East Asia and around the world in a continued effort to educate communities in order to prevent childhood drowning.

Your support means that we can continue this incredible work, and teach children the life skills in swimming lessons for free. SwimTayka believes that no child should be denied access to water safety based on their economic status.

Not only does the success of our programmes bring a heart-warming moment of fulfilment to the SwimTayka team, our partners have said the time we spend running our projects with them is often the most memorable moment of the year.

Being rewarded with the smiles and laughs of the young children as they learn to live safely alongside the water, paired with the knowledge that our work will save lives, is all the motivation we need to continue to work towards our future goals in the coming years. We have been able to reach out to over 8,000 children and hope to continue to help many more.