Friday, April 25, 2008

Wicked Diving - What we did this summer

As we have mentioned before - our commitment to the community is essential to us as people and to us as a commercial enterprise. As part of this philosophy we donate 10% of our proceeds to local charities. After putting our time and effort behind tsunami recovery efforts, we feel that these projects are either dwindling down or exploited for the benefit of the donors and not the receipients.

This year we are sponsoring these 20 children to go to summer camp. They are all children of migrant Burmese (Myanmar) workers who are prevented from attending local schools and often not even allowed basic healthcare.

In the summer camp the children are taken and taught some skills that most of us would take for granted. they have never seen a map before and have no idea how one works! Or the basics of their own anatomy.


Here, Michelle (head of the summer camp program) is telling them a story.





As you can see the conditions are very basic. Our donation not only paid for the materials, but the food, accommodation and necessities for their two weeks.

This donation is not ours - it's yours. Everyone who joined us this year helped make this possible. Each time you dive with us, you are contributing to projects just like this.

So to everyone this year a huge thank you!





There will be more pictures next week! stay posted


Khao Lak Diving

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