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Chris and Helen Burke

Christopher Burke is raising money for The Mission To Seafarers

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Virgin London Marathon 2010 · 25 April 2010 ·

Founded in 1856 and funded entirely by voluntary donations, The Mission to Seafarers offers emergency assistance and support to crews around the world. Whether victims of piracy or those shipwrecked or stranded, we’re there for the globe’s merchant seafarers of all ranks, nationalities and beliefs.

Story

The Mission to Seafarers is a great charity working with some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

Loneliness, danger and separation from loved ones are just some of the problems seafarers face. Around the world, night and day, The Mission to Seafarers provides help and support to those in need. As a Christian agency, the Mission works in more than 230 ports caring for the practical and spiritual welfare of seafarers of all nationalities and faiths.

Through their global network of chaplains, staff and volunteers they reach out to seafarers by visiting them on their ships, offering them the hand of welcome and friendship, and caring for them in their hour of need.

In over 100 ports they also run centres which provide ‘a home away from home’. These are places where seafarers can contact their loved ones from whom they are separated for months on end, receive assistance with any problems they may be facing and get a break from their demanding way of life onboard ship.

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Donation summary

Total
£3,445.00
+ £556.49 Gift Aid
Online
£2,099.00
Offline
£1,346.00

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