PROJEKT HELPING HANDS IN SINGAPORE

Under water, the world is undivided because for the hearing impaired, they have the advantage of heightened sense of touch which enables them to do underwater work as good as, or even better than a normal able-bodied person; and those with certain physical disabilities are also able to do this work as being submerged underwater reduces the reliance on immobile limbs to move around.  

This opens up career opportunities for our physically/hearing/visually handicapped friends in these specific fields and offers them another outlet to inte­grate with society. In collaboration with the UK based commercial dive training institute, TWI Technology (www.twitechnology.com), BAUER COMPRESSORS Asia’s Training Manager Frank Herbert was invited to speak on training and breathing air safety at the MarSUB Tech Workshop, which promotes various underwater technical repair, recreational diving and environmental protection efforts. This was held at the Republic of ­Singapore Yacht Club on Saturday, 21st May 2016 where close to 30 participants from the local handicap welfare association, various nature societies and members of the local commercial diving fraternity attended. The workshop focused on commercial diving experiences/activities, marine environmental protection programmes and breathing air safety. Following the presentations, live demos were carried out at the nearby swimming pool and our hearing/visually handicapped friends had an opportunity to try out some of the equipment used in SCUBA and commercial diving.