Seaman Help Welfare Foundation

Seaman Help Welfare Foundation. Our place is H.NO.-886 in Gharewadi-Dhamapur. It’s a bit of a way out, in a quiet area. Being in Dhamapur means we are close to the families of men who go off to sea. It’s a different kind of life when your father or husband is away for months on a ship. We started this because we saw how much the families struggle when the men are gone. It’s a small house, not a big office building. We sit on the porch and talk to the wives and the old sailors. There’s a lot of stories here. Sometimes we help with the paperwork for pensions or insurance when something goes wrong at sea. Other times it’s just about helping a family get through a tough month. The village is peaceful, which is good because the sea can be so rough. We don't have any fancy titles or big meetings. We just know everyone in the village and they know us. If someone has a problem with the merchant navy stuff, they come to house 886. We do what we can. It’s not a lot, but it matters to the people here. We’ve been living this life for a long time, so we understand the problems better than someone from the city would. It is just about looking out for our own people in the coastal community.