Allow me to greet you on this relaxed and chilly Sunday.It's a first day in the office when I can actually say that it's not a lot to do,-a welcome opportunity to do some writing. For the last few weeks either our popularity grew, or problems at sea suddenly became more pronounced, but our phones kept ringing. Sometimes all the four lines were busy at the same time. The mixture of languages and dialects that we spoke reminded me of Tower of Babel. Figuratively speaking of course, as by using all these tangs we were trying to restore the order, or draw the plan towards a solution and to stop the chaos. However the original Tower, as we all know, was the actual symbol of latter.

In it's core that's what our job is about-restoring clarity, fixing the broken chain of events, broken lives. I know that it may sound too bolder statement, but that's what we do. Sadly we don't have much time to reflect on the philosophical side of our work, but it is certainly there.

So, with the growing popularity of Seafarer Help, the demands and complexities are getting bigger too. It is obvious now that as an organisation we are in the rare position of existing on the border of quite a few worlds,- the realm of Science, dimension of Human Rights, kingdom of Art, incloser of Law. And I haven't named all of them. This kind of "location" is surely a challenge, but with that it's a blessing since our organisation can obtain necessary knowledge from all these areas, consult with professionals from each of them.

With the rapid appearence of new posters, marketing materials, titles, photographs a visual profile of Seafarer Help becomes more distinct too. Like a growing person, our organisation finds it's true personality. It is interesting to watch, good to listen to and occasionally a bit annurving. Future is approaching, or our organisation moves towards it's shores.Perhaps this motion is mutual.