In the coastal community of Jangamo Bay, Mozambique, an estimated 98% of people cannot swim – a stark daily risk in a place where livelihoods, food and culture all depend on the ocean.
Since 2016, Love The Oceans has taught over 3,000 children aged 4 to 18 how to swim, weaving sea-safety skills together with marine-conservation education. Crucially, the charity trained the first local swim instructors in the district – building capacity that stays in the community long after any single season ends.
Putting women in the water
Through its Sea Her Project, Love The Oceans has trained the district’s first female swimming instructors and lifeguards, and certified its first female scuba divers – creating local role models where women had historically been kept out of the sea. The women’s lessons are now delivered by the very instructors the charity trained.
From the programme
We strongly believe that empowering women is crucial in the mission to create resilient ocean ecosystems and communities.
Francesca Trotman, Founder, Love The Oceans
In 2025 the charity launched a Fishermen’s Swimming Programme, delivering life-saving water-safety instruction through a staff member with RNLI-certified training. Next, Love The Oceans is raising funds to build the area’s first community swimming pool – turning water safety into a pathway toward conservation leadership.
