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Bahamas National Trust Navigators complete PADI scuba diving course
The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) not only teaches students about the environment, but also provides them with opportunities to develop skills that will assist them with future career choices as well as amazing views of the environment, including underwater ones.
Recently fifteen students from the BNT’s Navigators programme from St. John’s High School, Nassau Christian Academy and Central Andros High in the Bahamas successfully completed their PADI SCUBA Open Water Diver course.
The Navigators programme is the third level of Discovery Club. This level is partially sponsored by The Atlantis Blue Project Foundation and is more research based, targeting young people in high school and college. Activities at this level are designed to equip the participants with knowledge and skills that will prepare them for college level studies in environmental science or eco- tourism based activities.
“Participants in the Navigators programme are embracing an awesome opportunity that will not only assist them in their biology and social studies courses but will also give them marketable skills to acquire jobs,” said Portia Sweeting, BNT Education Director. “We are grateful to our partner The Atlantis Blue Project Foundation for their continued support of the Navigator programme.”
The recent scuba certification was sponsored by Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, Forfar Field Station and Kamalame Cay Resort. Kamalame Cay resort owner Brian Hew offered full use of his facilities, equipment and dive instructors to train the students. Swimming, snorkeling and SCUBA diving are all necessary skills required for a career in marine science and the BNT is hopeful that even if the students decide on alternative careers they can use these skills to assist the BNT in monitoring of our marine parks.
“The Bahamas National Trust, through their Discovery Club program, is playing a critical role in developing the next generation of marine scientists in The Bahamas,” said Debra Erickson, Executive Director of Atlantis Blue Project Foundation. “Through their training, even those students who don’t enter the field of science will become important community advocates for our ocean.”
Navigators Club is just one of the many ways that the Trust is conserving and protecting the natural resources of The Bahamas, through stewardship and education for present and future generations to throughout the country. To learn more about Navigators Club, visit the BNT’s website or Facebook page and become a member by supporting the Trust.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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