Sailor’s Society jointly with the Nautical Institute under the auspices National University “Odessa Maritime Academy” conducted Wellness at Sea training for cadets of NU «OMA» from 19 till 22 of February. Wellness at Sea programme aims to improve the skills of seafarers to overcome a number of socio-psychological barriers during their career growth on board the vessel as well as in life. The strategy of Wellness at Sea programme seeks to address this challenge by training and further developing the sailor as a individual in the following five specific sectors, namely: social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual.

In this regard, training modules were organized that deal with the following: interpersonal communication, interpretation and conflict management in the workplace, cross-cultural differences in mixed crews, family and friends relationships, health, basic rights of seafarers and so on.