Water Confidence and Swim Safety, Accessible to Every Family
Facing nearly 236,000 drowning deaths worldwide every year, our experts created Plouf Academy to make water confidence accessible to every family. This progressive swim-safety method aims to durably reduce your child's drowning risk, with confidence.
Mission
Reduce drowning risk through safe, tailored water-confidence learning.
Key figures
- 1,480 drownings on average per year in France
- including 385 in swimming pools
- 22% were under 5 years old
Our experts
Jé
Communication
Former national-level (N2) competitive swimmer.
Elected member of the Departmental Committee
French Swimming Federation.
Fred
Communication / Webmaster
Former national-level (N1) competitive swimmer.
2014 Masters World Champion
Lifesaving Sport.
Fab
Webmaster
IT specialist
Web development
Content creator
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1,480 Drownings a Year in France: What the NOYADES Survey Reveals
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