Our New Website and Free Water-Safety Resources

Today the Amin Foundation is sharing its new website, aminfoundation.io. It brings together free water-safety guides, interactive tools, printables, lesson plans, shareable infographics and kids' games in one place, along with support for families after a drowning. Everything is free, every fact is sourced, and the site has no ads and no third-party trackers.

Why we built it

The Amin family started the foundation in 2022 in memory of Basir Amin, Nasrin Amin and Afrid Haider. In the family's words, the mission is “to raise awareness around water safety education and the need for proper training and equipment for emergency response personnel,” to provide swim-lesson scholarships to underserved communities, and to “lend emotional support to families dealing with drowning-related loss.” You can read our story.

The need is real. Drowning is the leading cause of death for U.S. children ages 1 to 4 (CDC (opens in a new tab)), and more than half of U.S. adults (54.7%) say they have never taken a swimming lesson (CDC survey, 2023 (opens in a new tab)). Good information exists, but it is spread across many official websites. We wanted one calm, practical place that pulls it together and links back to every source.

What you'll find

• Guides on 13 topics, from water safety at home and pool safety to lakes and rivers, beaches, life jackets and cold water. Each one gives a direct answer, practical steps and its sources.
• Help finding swim lessons for children and adults, starting with how to find swim lessons near you.
• Interactive tools, such as the family water-safety plan. What you type stays in your own browser.
• A free resource library at resource.aminfoundation.io, with printable checklists and posters, lesson plans for kindergarten through grade 12 and for community workshops, and infographics you can share or embed.
• Water-safety games for kids at games.aminfoundation.io. They have no ads and no accounts, and they collect nothing.
• Support after a loss, including losing a sibling and free grief support for families and siblings. Every grief page shows how to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
• Resources for desi and other minority communities, starting with water safety for desi communities.

If you are reading Enduring Bonds, the memoir by our founder Faruque Amin, its QR codes open pages on this site. The companion page lists them all.

What comes next

We are working on Bengali versions of selected pages, which will be marked “under review” until a fluent reviewer checks them. Swim-lesson scholarships and support for emergency responders' training and equipment are goals we are still working toward. Our programs page explains where each part of our mission stands, and we will share real progress here.

What you can do today

• Make your family's plan with the family water-safety plan.
• Share one resource with a school, camp, parents' group or place of worship.
• Get involved: volunteer, partner with us or host a workshop.
• Get updates when we publish something new: sign up for email updates.
• Spot a mistake? Tell us. We would rather fix it than leave it.