Membership Corner

a look back

BY MORNÉ CHRISTOU

DAN-SA’s passion and pure commitment to dive safety is evident in the culmination of the 20 years benchmark in dive safety for the Southern African region.

This edition is introduced on a sentimental note as, later this year, the DANSA team will be celebrating 20 years of dive safety in Southern Africa since its foundation in 1996. Recently, I spent quite some time reading through back issues of the Alert Diver to recap on what we have achieved over the last two decades. Even though it was great holding the older hard copies of the Alert Diver issues in my hands, it is amazing to see how far we have come with the introduction of our new digital version.

Whilst paging through the old magazines, I paused for a moment and thought to myself: What is it about DAN-SA that makes the brand something we as divers identify with so strongly? As I continued paging through the magazines, I found the answer. DAN-SA has always stood for something; there is a vision behind the services we offer, a goal. The DAN-SA hotline was created to assist divers with medical information, referrals and evacuation services and is staffed by medically trained diving professionals who are dedicated to providing assistance to divers in need. It is the hotline that started DAN-SA on its course and initiated the development of our many specialised services, including the development of various dive safety programmes to assist divers and medical facilities. The DAN-SA reaches for something big with everything it does, and even when it falls short, the passion is evident.

To our members: Thank you again for all of your support. We are as committed as ever toward maintaining and adding to our vital programmes and services for the benefit of divers worldwide.

Morné Christou DAN-SA Management and Special Projects