{"id":3031,"date":"2021-11-23T20:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2025-04-01T00:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T00:31:23","slug":"1-ball-4-all-700-basketballs-travel-on-the-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namma.org\/1-ball-4-all-700-basketballs-travel-on-the-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Ball 4 All &#8211; 700 Basketballs Travel on the Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>by Silvie Boyd, DSM Port Chaplain, Le Havre, France<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new project of the Deutsche Seemannsmission e.V. (German Seamen&#8217;s Mission) is taking German and European ports and thus all the world&#8217;s oceans by storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/namma.renegadedigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Part_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1353\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;crew of the Maersk Estelle ordered a basketball in the port of Le Havre in January 2021. Like so many seafarers, they had a ban on shore leave because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, they needed a basketball to at least relax onboard on Sundays, they said. So we brought the first basketball on board. A donation, the joy was immense! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domino effect&#8230;since July, in half of our stations from Amsterdam to Wilhelmshaven (including 5 European ports), colleagues and volunteers are handing over the 700 white DSM basketballs with our blue logos to seafarers (estimated outreach: about 10 per ball, so 7000 seafarers) who play regularly. Thereby the joy &amp; happiness is massive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210810_110605-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1354\" width=\"155\" height=\"318\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To play basketball on board, not much space is needed. Among others, in the Philippines basketball is a national sport. Also Ukrainian, Russian and Sri Lankan seafarers like to play once in a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is this important? 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The fitness and enjoyment of the crew also mean better safety on board, and who doesn&#8217;t want that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as shore leave is impossible for most seafarers (this is imposed by companies, not countries, for the most part in Europe and North America), they can have a short time to play sports on board without worrying about all the problems that the pandemic brings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All crews that still want a basketball, can contact us in one of the 30 ports in which the DSM operates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210809_123024-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1355\" width=\"308\" height=\"166\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about the Deutsche Seemannsmission here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seemannsmission.org\/\">https:\/\/www.seemannsmission.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Silvie Boyd, DSM Port Chaplain, Le Havre, France A new project of the Deutsche Seemannsmission e.V. 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