LAPU LAPU City—At least 15 persons with disabilities (PWDs) who are members of the Philippine Accessible Disability Service (PADS) Dragon Boat Racing Team have joined this year’s Dive and Clean-Up Club (DCC) “NO BARRIER 4” event, a discovery scuba and clean-up diving activity for PWDs held Jan. 24 at Scotty’s Action Sports Network in Shangri-la Mactan, Cebu.
There were 60 participants at the NO BARRIER 4 event composed of partners, sponsors and volunteers, including PWDs who assembled early morning on Jan. 24 to scuba dive and help clean the oceans around the Mactan.
Some 30 licensed divers from DCC came to help facilitate the skills training in the water for the Discover Scuba Dive (DSD) program and document the event.
Ludy Vilma Demecillo who founded the Dive and Clean-up Club in 2025, has partnered with PADS founder John Paul Maunes for the discovery scuba dive for the PWDs.
DCC advocates for cleaner seas and assists groups in scuba diving training in collaboration with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) which is responsible of sending the e-learning to the participants consisting of dive scenarios for them to work through and some medical questionnaire to fill out.
