by Administrator | Aug 22, 2020 | Chaplains, COVID-19 Response, Crisis Response
Just a reminder of the details for our dedicated helpline for seafarers and their families. Call: +1 938 222 8181 Chat: www.wellnessatsea.org/covid-19 This is a 24 hour, confidential helpline. Seafarers can call in and the team will endeavour to put them through to an...
by Administrator | Aug 17, 2020 | COVID-19 Response, Trauma
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope” (Psalm 130:5). Are you currently in a place of waiting? Perhaps you are waiting for a job, for healing, for restoration in a relationship or marriage,or for wisdom to know where you should go next. That...
by Administrator | Jul 23, 2020 | Chaplains, COVID-19 Response, Sailors' Society
As the Covid lockdown came into effect we were given access to the SEASPAN fleet and started contacting and coming alongside the men and women on board via Skype conversations. This started on the 28th March with our chaplains in Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth...
by Administrator | Jun 22, 2020 | COVID-19 Response, Merchant Shipping, Seafarers
Sharp rise in seafarers failing UK medicals due to mental health conditions Maritime medics have raised concerns over a marked increase in the number of seafarers failing UK medical examinations as a result of mental health issues. Commenting on the annual analysis of...
by Administrator | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19 Response, Crisis Response, Outreach, Trauma
In response to the article in The Guardian of 14 May 2020, “Deaths and hunger strikes point to mental health crises on stranded cruise ships” Sailors Society SA has stepped up its virtual support which the organisation has been offering since the lockdown situation....
by Administrator | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19 Response
Deaths and hunger strikes point to mental health crisis on stranded cruise ships As tensions rise over failure to repatriate workers, plight of crews highlighted by the apparent suicide of a Ukrainian woman in Rotterdam. Several deaths, a hunger strike and...
