IWSF has joined hands with "ADOPT A SHIP PROGRAM"( AAS) to create awareness amongst the younger generation (specially for those children who needs the most ) about maritime industry and how everyone is directly and indirectly dependent on shipping industry.

• It is a FREE program that runs in schools, orphanages and shelters for 6 weeks or throughout the year.
• It was initiated by the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), and the Cyprus Maritime Environmental Protection Association (CYMEPA), in 2006.
• The program expanded into Philippines, Poland, India, United States and Greece.
• More than 800 children are participating in india and more than 14,000 children are participarting worldwide.

Adopt A Ship Orphanage/ Shelter Program (AaSOS) is similar to AAS program.  

Benefits To Children:-

1. Knowledge about geography.

2. Information about wide career opportunities.

3. Knowledge about silent maritime industry.

HOW the basic “Adopt A Ship program” operates:- Versions of the Adopt A Ship program vary from country to country.

The basic program consists of:

1. A senior officer (usually the Captain) onboard a ship exchanging a short email message with an elementary school classroom, orphanage or shelter once a week.

2. The children are given a 2x3 meter world map with sea lanes that they use to track the movement of that ship.

For more information, please visit our website:

http://www.adoptaship.org/

Please fill out this form to express your interest in volunteering:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JowjbrLbn17hSHPp9qSxk0DIL1Lm3U5JYk3aci6dKyw/edit