For the past three years, I have coordinated the nationwide educational campaign Swim Patrol. This is an initiative in which volunteers go to a beach of their choice during the summer season and offer short swimming lessons. The campaign aims to reduce drowning by building a swimming culture. Between 400 and 500 people drown annually in Poland, one of the worst statistics in the European Union. Swimmers, lifeguards, watermen and physical education teachers become volunteers. We focus primarily on experiencing water. We believe that putting up bans as a precaution and chatting on the shore without going into the water are ineffective in combating the scourge of drowning. Although it is mostly middle-aged men who drown, according to statistics, this time let’s focus on children and consider what we can do to protect the youngest.