On World Mental Health Day, the ITF launches a campaign to bring wellbeing conversations into ship visits and press for stronger protections for seafarers and their families.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is launching Mind At Sea, a global mental health and suicide prevention campaign to help seafarers access support and make their wellbeing a routine part of ship visits.
Launching tomorrow – World Mental Health Day, 10 October – in Sydney, Australia, the campaign carries the message ‘It’s ok not to be ok’ and will run across multiple countries on different continents until early December.
“Life at sea can put enormous strain on seafarers, and too many still feel they have to keep that to themselves. We want every seafarer to know that it’s ok not to be ok, and to know where they can turn for help,” said Dr Asif Altaf, the ITF’s Wellbeing Programme Coordinator. (....)