Seafarers’ Relief Fund Reaches $530000 In Pledges Towards COVID-19 Seafarer Crisis
Grants to be put to work in India, including the purchase of oxygenators, estimated to save approximately 60 lives a month, but more funds needed
COVID-19: Emergency Funding Campaign Launched For Developing World Seafarers
On 6th April, the launch of a charity crowdfunding campaign was carried out to raise funds for developing world seafarers and their families that have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
ISWAN’s SeafarerHelp Achieves Helplines Standard Accreditation
ISWAN’s free, multilingual 24/7 helpline for seafarers, SeafarerHelp, has been accredited with the Helplines Standard by Helplines Partnership.
ISWAN Launches Second Good Mental Health Guide For Seafarers
A new self-help guide has been launched by ISWAN as part of its series of Good Mental Health Guides for seafarers.
ISWAN Join Hands With CHIRP Maritime To Improve Safety And Welfare Of Seafarers
ISWAN and the CHIRP Maritime have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) so that the two organisations can work closer together to help improve seafarers’ safety and welfare.
ISWAN: New Emotional Support Guidance For Seafarers
ISWAN has produced a self-help guide for seafarers’ mental health to complement its free, 24/7 helpline, SeafarerHelp.
ISWAN Offers Humanitarian Support To Crew Of MT Maro
11 Indian seafarers have recently returned from jail in Nigeria, having been released without charge, SeafarerHelp and ISWAN have been in touch with them and their families, through the National Seafarers Welfare Board of Nigeria and following a visit of the Sailors Society chaplain while they were in jail.
Seafarer Help Annual Review 2015 Launched
SeafarerHelp is the 24 hour multilingual helpline for seafarers run by the ISWAN; 2015 was a busy year for the SeafarerHelp team, with a 17% increase in the number of cases compared to 2014.