Deutsche Seemannsmission

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The German Seamen's Mission (German: Deutsche Seemannsmission, DSM) is a Protestant organization centered in Germany that provides pastoral and social welfare services to commercial seafarers. It operates seafarers' centers in Germany and internationally, with full-time and voluntary workers. The Mission's offices are in Hamburg. [1]

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It is a member of the International Christian Maritime Association . [2] As a Christian organization, it sees its work as the extension of neighborly love to seafarers regardless of religion and culture. [3] The German Seamen's Mission defines its mission as "support of seafarers' dignity" and its goal as the improvement of seafarers' living and working conditions. [3]

In response to COVID-19, the DSM was actively involved in advocating for [4] and providing [5] [6] seafarer vaccinations and shore leave. [7]

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  2. ↑ "ICMA Members – ICMA" . Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  3. 1 2 "Leitbild der Deutsche Seemannsmission" (PDF). dsmneu.seemannsmission.org. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  4. 1 2 NDR. "Seemannsmission will Impfungen für ausländische Seeleute". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Tag der Seefahrer: Impfkampagne für Seeleute mit positiver Bilanz". hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  6. ↑ Geisslinger, Esther (March 2022). "Die den Hafen Impft: Corona-Schutz für Seeleute und Lotsen: Gemeinsam mit der Seemannsmission Kiel sorgt Arbeitsmedizinerin Bettina Gau für Sicherheit auf den Weltmeeren" (PDF). Schleswig-Holsteinisches Ärzteblatt. pp. 26–27. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Shore Leave for Seafarers in COVID-19: Deutsche Seemannsmission Survey". The MARE Report. 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  8. ↑ "Hamburgs freundlichster Ankerplatz: 30 Jahre Seemannsclub „Duckdalben"". www.nordkirche.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  9. ↑ "Deutsche Seemannsmission Kiel e.V. - Namen und Adressen". deutsche-seemannsmission-kiel.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  10. ↑ "Sassnitz erhält wieder eine Seemannsmission". www.kirche-mv.de. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  11. ↑ Ostsee-Zeitung (2019-08-21). "Mukran: Seemannsmission Sassnitz feiert 25. Geburtstag". www.ostsee-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  12. ↑ sko (2022-05-12). "Seemannsmission eröffnet eigenen Club | SHZ". shz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-15.
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