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Dive Desk is excited to be part of the event organized by Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education entitled 2050 Scholarships: Promoting Skills For the Future. At the event, Dive Desk promoted the option of choosing diving as a career, and answered the questions of young people looking to upskill on the courses and pathway needed to achieve the PADI Divemaster rating as well as PADI Scuba Instructor; and talked about working in the tourist sector at resorts, liveaboards and guest house settings from our own applied experience. The initiative was launched to provide academic opportunities for individuals with exceptional academic proficiency. For more information send us an email or contact Course Director Ashraf in (+960) 7937738.

Dive Desk is excited to work with Ministry of Tourism to mark the World Tourism Day 2017 with a Try Dive Event at Male' Swimming Track on 15 October 2017. Several Dive Centers in the Male' region came together for the occasion to provide assistance for the Try Dive Event targeted to students from colleges and universities in Male’. The event was organized with the aim to familiarize students in higher education about the diving industry and create their interest in this field where there are relevant career opportunities to work within the tourism industry. The theme for the World Tourism Day 2017 as decided by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is Sustainable Tourism: A Tool for Development.

We are excited for our first-ever PADI Scuba Instructor Development Course at Bandos Island Resort with the world's biggest PADI-pro training network, Dive-Careers.com and to have the opportunity to learn from the world's most experienced PADI Course Director Mark Soworka. The dive instructor course started on 20 September with Instructor Exams held on 3 & 4 October 2017. We are delighted to see the many our local Divemasters progressing to Dive Instructor rating. Kudos to all the candidates who put in a lot of effort into making it a 100% successful IDC! We didn't merely share a passion for all things ocean but we created a lot of such memories together to treasure. For professional level of recreational scuba diving or PADI Pro, it is PADI that continues to offer the most opportunities for employment around the world. In Maldives, 80% of the dive market is PADI. Worldwide, three out of four dive professional jobs are PADI. With the scope of job opportunities available, we trust that each of the dive professionals that train with us will prove to be an asset to the industry, whether in Maldives or exploring the world. We wish all our instructor candidates the best of success in your dive careers. For more information on upcoming IDCs and to book your slot, contact Course Director Ashraf on (+960) 7937738. #LearnFromTheBest #BeTheBest #PADIeducation

Dive Desk is pleased to collaborate with Clique College for the Dive Against Debris at Male' Swimming Track on 29 September 2017. It is a chance for us to encourage all the PADI professionals in training and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. We must take better care of the oceans to enable the oceans to take care of us. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.

Dive Desk is pleased to engage our Divemaster Candidates and Divers in a Dive Against Debris at Male' West on 15 September 2017. We encourage all the PADI professionals we train and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. In the course of 3 hours, 80kg of trash were collected by only six divers alone. It is disheartening to see the ocean made a dump-yard, to see the living space of 80% of Earth's living organisms that make life possible for us humans being trashed. We must take better care of the oceans to enable the oceans to take care of us. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.

Dive Desk is pleased to sponsor the dive event for creating awareness of the potentially blinding disease glaucoma during the World Glaucoma Awareness Week 2017, organized by Maldicare Clinic with media coverage provided by RaajeTV. Maldicare will provide free testing for glaucoma at their clinic for the day. The World Glaucoma Week is marked globally from 12-18 March every year. A dive event to mark this year's World Glaucoma Week in Maldives is the brainchild of MaldiCares' visiting consultant ophthalmologist Dr. Devin Prabhakar, who has also done PADI Open Water Diver Course with Dive Desk. As part of the World Glaucoma Week, the doctor will do eye checkup and dental screening for air pocket issues for participating divers, free at Maldicare Clinic. Glaucoma is commonly detected by measuring the pressure in the eye. When eye pressure increases the optic nerve gradually becomes damaged. If left unchecked, this can result in serious vision loss. High eye pressure may exist without noticeable symptoms so many people do not even know that they have the disease. When symptoms do become noticeable, it's usually very late and significant loss of vision would have occurred. It is estimated that 4.5 million persons globally are blind due to glaucoma and that this number will rise to 11.2 million by 2020. Glaucoma is called the silent killer of sight as it has no warning symptoms. Scuba diving is all about taking safety measures to ensure a perfect dive and an amazing experience. Diving is awesome if your vision is clear. Check eyes yearly to see clearly. Various different types of activities are done during the World Glaucoma Week across the world. Dive Desk is proud to play a key role in the first-ever dive event for World Glaucoma Week to raise awareness about glaucoma, encourage screening, boost public education and urge people to get tested.

Dive Desk is delighted to be the official trainer of contestants from Maldives for the Miss Scuba International: Saving Oceans Through Beauty pageant taking place on 19 November 2016. Since it's inception in 2011, the Miss Scuba International pageant has aimed to produce a beauty among modern women who would champion worldwide marine conservation. The founder of the pageant believes that by sharing the beauties and wonders of the underwater world via beauty queens will enable more people to understand how fragile our oceans are and how much more we all need to do individually to make a big difference in protecting it. He also aims to promote safe diving practices through worldwide professional training organizations, and elevate international tourism and cultural appreciation.

Dive Desk is pleased to participate in the Reef Cleaning event organized by State Trading Organization at Hulhumale' on 8 October 2016. A big thank you to the Divemaster Candidates who put their backs into this. We encourage all the PADI professionals we train and our divers to connect their passion for ocean adventure with a purpose for marine conservation. We encourage them to take 'fins on' action for the ocean and tackle ocean threats like marine pollution and habitat destruction. If you are interested to take courses to learn about marine conservation, check out the PADI Specialty Courses we have on offer: - Dive Against Debris Specialty - Project AWARE Specialist - AWARE Shark Conservation - AWARE Ray Conservation - Coral Reef Conservation Contact us on (+960) 7937738 for more information.

Dive Desk was delighted to take part of the Maldives Vacations Expo 2016 held at Maldives National Art Gallery on 4-5 August 2016. We are delighted to interact with many young people who showed a keen interest in diving. We offered a PADI Open Water Diver Course for the Lucky Draw Winner, which turned to be Mohamed Munish Athif A061279.

Dive Desk is delighted with the opportunity by Galolhu Madharusa to conduct a Water Safety session for the pre-schoolers, for the second year in running. Being able to explore and play enables children to develop, grow and learn, and become confident and capable. We applaud the school's initiative to create a safe environment for children to explore even outside of school by providing information on basic safety skills. The earlier you start conversations surrounding basic safety the better, and this needs to be an ongoing conversation. It was lovely seeing youngsters so keen for knowledge. We hope our talk brought a positive influence on their behavior, from getting motivated to learn swimming, to always wearing a life-jacket on boat even when you know how to swim to many other basic information to help create a safe environment for kids to explore. Dive Desk thanks the administration for the wonderful opportunity to impart a bit of our knowledge to the kids.

We are excited to present Dive Desk at the Malaysia International Dive Exhibition 2016 as the dive partner for the vacation package by Hulhumale' guest house Island Beach House at PWTC KL from 29 to 31 July, at booth A87! Through this event we hope to promote dive and underwater experiences as an option in the capital city of Maldives, Male' to the Southeast Asian market, and especially Malaysian tourists. It was a wonderful exposure for our small dive business and it gave the opportunity to interact with industry professionals from the region as well as consumers.

Dive Desk is delighted to join efforts with a wide range of stakeholders in marine conservation for the 2-day 1 Nation Coral Revival Event at Villingili, organized by Save the Beach Maldives. A big thank you to our Divemaster Candidates and Divers for putting in the manpower to transplant corals from Male' Atoll Uthuru Thila Falhu, a land reclamation site, to a metal frame installed at Villingili house-reef, helping raise awareness around the human impact on environment as well as rehabilitate degraded reefs around the island. The weekend festival saw a wide range of stakeholders, from NGOs, dive centers, government organizations, United Nations organizations, media to schools joining in the conservation to find ways to preserve our vulnerable environment, mitigate damages and devise ways to enjoy the underwater habitats without harming the corals and fish. It was wonderful to see so many nature lovers come together to raise their voices to create awareness on the impact of development and infrastructure projects on our coral reef ecosystems. The event set out to mark the significance of coral reefs to ocean biodiversity, ecosystems and our livelihoods. There is no second Maldives, it is the only one nation we have, and we need our corals systems to survive for us to continue to inhabit these islands we call home.