Diving with Whale Sharks
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Will you please help me to fulfill a lifelong dream to swim with the largest fish in the world?
Diving gives me the feeling of freedom and an opportunity to be just like everyone else. I can forget that I have a disability and enjoy being part of a world an amazing underwater world. I began snorkeling at age 10 and loved the beach and being one with the ocean. I lost my ability to walk and soon beach visits became something that was just too hard to do physically. Then in 2004, I learned to SCUBA dive, and my love of the ocean was restored. I discovered Ningaloo reef and the whalesharks and remembered my childhood dream.
As I have aged, my body has gone into severe decline. In 2013, I got so sick and though I tried so hard to get back to work, I was unable to, and so had to retire. Any hope of adventure and holidays gone. You probably don't know, but to my shame, I struggle to support myself on my small pension and disability support. My health is also declining, a simple infection before Christmas put me in hospital and in ICU. An minor slip and I now have 2 broken bones in my leg. If I don't go soon, I will be physically unable to, as I can no longer trust my body to keep going.
A dear friend has offered me the opportunity in May, to go to W.A. and dive with the Whale Sharks. The only way I can do this is with your financial support. Will you please help me to have a holiday and to tick off the No 1 on my bucket list?
I would be so grateful to once more be able to do something that leaves me feeling both connected to the world and equal with those around me.
Diving gives me the feeling of freedom and an opportunity to be just like everyone else. I can forget that I have a disability and enjoy being part of a world an amazing underwater world. I began snorkeling at age 10 and loved the beach and being one with the ocean. I lost my ability to walk and soon beach visits became something that was just too hard to do physically. Then in 2004, I learned to SCUBA dive, and my love of the ocean was restored. I discovered Ningaloo reef and the whalesharks and remembered my childhood dream.
As I have aged, my body has gone into severe decline. In 2013, I got so sick and though I tried so hard to get back to work, I was unable to, and so had to retire. Any hope of adventure and holidays gone. You probably don't know, but to my shame, I struggle to support myself on my small pension and disability support. My health is also declining, a simple infection before Christmas put me in hospital and in ICU. An minor slip and I now have 2 broken bones in my leg. If I don't go soon, I will be physically unable to, as I can no longer trust my body to keep going.
A dear friend has offered me the opportunity in May, to go to W.A. and dive with the Whale Sharks. The only way I can do this is with your financial support. Will you please help me to have a holiday and to tick off the No 1 on my bucket list?
I would be so grateful to once more be able to do something that leaves me feeling both connected to the world and equal with those around me.
Organizer
Mignon Kemke
Organizer
Te Puke, NZ
