DDI Portugal Christmas Party
DDI Portugal anticipated Christmas with a party on the 7th of December. One of the moments of that night was the Hymn of DDI Portugal interpretated by the group Vocálise. One of the voices of this hymn is from Hugo Maia, one of the DDI Open Waters Divers.
Lots of surprises, lots of smiles and sometimes tears made this night completely unique.
The dance interpretation of a group of special persons from Cercizimbra made us feel that nothing is really impossible. The responsible of Haliotis Sesimbra offered, in loco, a dive experience to that group that will take place next January or February.
A night to remember. And, more than words, the photos are the best memories of this Christmas Party.
Merry Christmas for All, is what we wish from Portugal.
Surface Assistant Manual online now
It´s a great pleasure for DDI to present our Surface Assistant Manual. There were many DDI member who asked us for a manual for Surface Assistant course. You can find it on our web, If you log in to the web, you can get access to it under Download / manuals.
New DDI UK Rep - Richard Cullen
With pleasure we present Richard Cullen as our DDI Representative for the United Kingdom.
Richard lives near Windsor and will support and encourage dive centres across the country to develop, train and promote scuba diving for physically and mentally challenged people. Already Richard is heavily involved teaching injured soldiers through the DDI programme in collaboration with Deptherapy, a foundation using scuba diving as a therapy.
We wish Richard all the best!
A new DDI program is born!
Starting now, the DDI Rehab.diver Specialty Course, is available for all Teaching status DDI Instructors to teach. All DDI Instructors have received an information e-mail - with the manual and the instructor guide attached. They can also be found at the Download section of www.ddivers.org.
The purpose of this Specialty Course for therapists is, to stimulate creativity and supply some basic tools, and understanding for diving health professionals to open up a new branch of medicine, by applying established physical rehabilitation modalities, in a realm where the effect of gravity can be adjusted at will.
Good luck - and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the course developer on e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
He is a Physiotherapist, DDI representative of Norway and DDI IDC Staff Instructor