When seafarers or their families face sudden or unforeseen crises, they may find themselves in financial difficulty with an immediate need to cover emergency costs. ISWAN is here to help. We administer the Seafarers’ Emergency Fund for all seafarers and their dependants.
We also administer an additional relief fund for seafarers and their families who have been affected by piracy.
The relief funds managed and administered by ISWAN are:
A grant from the Seafarers Emergency Fund helped Jessie pay for medical treatment after he was diagnosed with kidney failure.
When chief cook Mark was unable to work due to an injury on board, he contacted ISWAN Philippines for urgent financial assistance.
Our SeafarerHelp team received a message from a seafarer who had not worked at sea for over a year due to a medical condition and needed financial support.
In early April, an Indian seafarer contacted SeafarerHelp when he was unable to join his vessel in Tunisia due to COVID-19 restrictions but, without a salary, he was unable to afford his hotel expenses or flight home.
In June 2019, two Indian seafarers, Mayur and Aniket, finally returned home after spending 22 months stranded on their ship.
We are grateful to our main funders for their continued support:
