For those who don't know my diving started after my wife passed away. I have always had a love for water and being able to go under water has been something I have truly loved.
My early life was one where I endured mental and physical abuse from my family and peers and sexual abuse from a family member.
Diving has helped me survive one of the darkest periods of my life and grow beyond it, so I want to share diving with others. Particularly those people who have suffered sexual abuse as a child and are unable to afford it on their own.
Today I registered the domain name and setup a website to take a beginning step off setting up the foundation.
https://www.doghousediving.org/
I only hope that my vision will come to fruition in my lifetime.
2 Comments
crank0271@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 338d
I'm truly sorry to hear that you went through all of that, but I think it's really admirable that you've started something with such potential for positive impact on others. Thank you for your work and for sharing!
MuttMutt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 338d
Thank you.
My life has been rough but hopefully I can help others who need it. There is still a long journey ahead but I've been making a lot of my content with the idea of using it as an income steam to go through divemaster and instructor training. After that hopefully things will fall into place.