Chairman Reefball Foundation
Memorial Advisor
About Us
//////. paavima?
paavima is a Sinhalese word analogous to the English term 'buoyancy'. The project revolves around the ocean and in large part on diving as a means to bring assistance to a community in need. In diving, mastery of buoyancy is important and a skill one never ceases to refine. But also, we are trying to bring buoyancy, in the most positive meaning of the word (Webster's defines it as an optimistic and cheerful disposition) to a community struck by tragic and unfortunate circumstances, including the tsunami of 2004.
The paavima.org team consists of:
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Todd Barber Chairman Reefball Foundation Memorial Advisor |
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Brandon Bond PADI Assistant Instructor # 175825 Disaster Preparedness Manager, Kaiser Permanente National Security Member U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Bay Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team |
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Christopher Chin |
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Jason Firmin PADI Open Water Diver Managing Director Mailman Sri Lanka Co-founder Mailman HELP Foundation |
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Indika Gunawardena PADI OWSI # 487792 Cultural Liason, Translator and Manager of The Shack |
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Kirk Jobsz CEO Mailman Group Co-founder Mailman HELP Foundation |
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Francesca Koe PADI Instructor # 186082 Scuba Editor of Deeperblue.net Program Chair & Past President of SFMOMA's Contemporary Extension VP, Managing Director at Underground Ads |
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Terney Pradeep Kumara |
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John McGuire |
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Philip Mucci |
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Bill Oakes PADI Course Director # 170832 Owner of California Dive Center |
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Salvador Quiroz PADI Divemaster # 230310 Architect Filmmaker Memorial co-designer |
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Vladimir Soto |
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Tom Yang PADI Master Instructor # 175925 Systems Integration Engineer at Applied Biosystems and Chief Instructor of California Dive Center www.scubaforeveryone.com |
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Champike Yatagama Translator for Paavima.org Network Engineer at Sri Lankan Airlines |
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If you are a PADI instructor who would
like to get involved or if you have spare gear you can donate please contact us at: |