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Sailors’ Society launches expanded free wellness campaign for seafarers, their families and shore staff
May 2021
Shipping companies are being invited to sign up to a free mental health and wellbeing campaign offering support not just to crews, but also their ...
“Penniless, desperate and alone”
June 2021
How Sailors’ Society helps Indian seafarers when their dream career turns bad By Sara Baade, CEO, Sailors’ Society Seafaring has a reputation for ...
Sailors’ Society launches Covid care package for 25,000 Indian seafarers and families
May 2021
Thousands of Indian seafarers and their families are to receive a Covid medical kit and access to a paramedic-led helpline, thanks to international ma...
Sailors' Society signs Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy
May 2021
As piracy attacks continue to rise in the Gulf of Guinea, with 95 per cent of global kidnapping incidents occurring in the region last year, Sailo...
Wellness at Sea - how Sailors' Society is supporting seafarers through the toughest of times
May 2021
Calls to Sailors' Society's helpline have been increasing as we assist with Covid-related issues for seafarers across the globe. Read Jacob's* story a...
Shipping unites to create Covid emergency relief fund for seafarers
May 2021
Seafarers International Relief Fund to aid India’s seafarers Sailors’ Society has joined with other leading seafarer welfare charities and shipping ...
Seafarers have been facing a humanitarian crisis and need your prayers, says Sailors’ Society
April 2021
Charity invites churches to remember seafarers in Sea Sunday servicesChristian maritime charity Sailors’ Society is asking churches to hold Sea Sunday...
Coronavirus and seafarer mental health – the good news
March 2021
There’s no vaccine against poor mental health. As so many have said, we live in unprecedented times. First, we have been confronted with a physical he...
Wellness at Sea “reduces seafarer anxiety and sadness”, says report
March 2021
International maritime charity Sailors’ Society’s Wellness at Sea training and support reduces anxiety and sadness among seafarers, a research report ...
“Modern day slaves” stranded in Mumbai released with Sailors’ Society’s help
March 2021
A crew of four Indian seafarers who spent two years stranded “like modern day slaves” on a ship in Mumbai in horrific conditions have finally gone hom...
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