Hello!
i would like to ask a new yorker about Seafarers & International House, who has stayed here or heard anything info about that place. Summer i will ho to NYC and i found that place, the reviews are good but i couldt find a lot and none picture. Anything about that place?

thank you.

[www.sihnyc.org]
Sounds like a upstanding organization.


Who are seafarers?

Seafarers generally come from under-developed countries where the average wage is low and the employment opportunities scarce. In the global economy, workers from these countries are a bargain - low wages and few benefits - and they are plentiful. So, they are often targets of abuse and exploitation. Additionally, seafarers spend most of their time in international waters, thousands of miles away from home, so they don't have anybody with whom to lodge complaints or vent their frustrations. It is a terribly lonely existence.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/01/2008 06:57AM by askanewyorker.