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Founded | 1856 |
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Type | International organization |
Focus | Seafarers' fatigue, facilitating communication, ship abandonment, mental health, victims of piracy, shipwrecks, death and injury, food[1] |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Website | http://www.missiontoseafarers.org/ |
Formerly called | The Missions to Seamen |
The Mission to Seafarers (formerly The Missions to Seamen) is a Christian welfare charity serving merchant crews around the world. It operates through a global Mission 'family' network of chaplains, staff and volunteers and provides practical, emotional and spiritual support through ship visits, drop-in seafarers centres and a range of welfare and emergency support services.