whale sharks and Dolpins
Hi everyone my name is Mike Chapman, i am married and have for the last 5 years been trying to help protect the Corals, Whale sharks and Dolphins in the Far East.
In my own way through my life I have helped destroy so much of the natural resorces of the world, I am in construction, I was a Joiner and over the time i have cut and turned into various items some of the most exotic timbers which would take hundreds of years to replace. Am i on a guilt trip?? may be.
I AM ONLY LOOKING FOR ADVICE.
This part of the far east carry out fishing with phosphates ie dynamite fishing, they use illegal nets. slowly they have been destroying the corals which in turn reduce the fish life, having a knock on effect to the other specices. I am a diver and have seen some fantastic sights and also some terrible damage.
We have worked hard and are sending money out to help the locals but there is only me and my wife, I have contacted other organisations but they only seem interested in thier part of the world or project. I want to give up construction and take this on full time, but alas i can not.
Does anyone have any advice serious advice on who i should approach.
We all dream about THE perfect job, but when we have it most of the time it becomes a chore and want to change it to another job, our expectations usually fun higher than reality. You have seen all the programmes on television and seen how they struggle and fight to make it work, and then see how it has changed there view from the perfect job to the mundane.
I have been striving for the last 5 years to have a wonderful job, were I can give back to those who needs the help, and i can see light at the end of the tunnel. I want to beable to help people in the far east understand and help protect the local aquatic life, and also give them the chance to earn a better income which will help them put their children through school, collage and pay for hospital and doctors when they become sick.
To acieve this I have been building a resort (small) using local labour and materials from my own salary, to take people on holiday to see the rainforest dive on the corals and just be away from the rat race. (my dream is to reinvest the money into the local community and teach them a different method of fishing. instead of them using phospates and damaging the corals, which eventually kills the corals and fish, having a dramatic affect on the eco system.
Because of the low income in the area and poor medical facilities I will be in time when finances allow, build small health centre,
There is no fame or wealth involved only helping those who needs it, YES this does cost money so money has to come from somewhere, but reinvesting into the local people allow them to understand and protect the hidden wealth they have.
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