About Us
The Flying Angel is the first purpose built seafarers support vessel in the world. She goes out in to the Fujairah Anchorage everyday during daylight hours and brings the thousands of seafarers out there a small taste of home. They can step off their ships, sometimes for the first time in many months, and call home, send an email, look at pictures of family and friends on the internet, read a newspaper, buy a souvenir from the our small shop or take a book from our free library. On average she welcomes aboard 75 seafarers a day which means since her work began in 2007, over 80,000 seafarers benefitted from her operations. Please see pictures below of her in action.
Our present master is an experienced captain from an agricultural area of the Philippines and we are fortunate to have him as a perfect match for leadership on board the Flying Angel. Jumei is the picture of health and wholeness. After a hard day of work he finds renewal by jogging around the port even during the summer.
Deonis Makene has been on the Flying Angel since May 24, 2007 making him the longest serving crew member. He heard of the Flying Angel through his friendship with Stephen Miller whom he met in 2004 at the Dubai Seafarers Centre. Makene is from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania where he is building a new home for his family. His wife Sarah works in a furniture store to supplement their income.
Recently a group of Muslims on the floating jetty were looking for a place to pray and have Ishtar during Ramadan and Hendrivo (aka Rivo) suggested meeting on the top deck of the Flying Angel. Rivo not only looks after the engine room, but also the welfare of seafarers.
The most recent addition to the crew is Renada who serves as our AB Cook. “AB” means able bodied seafarer, and Amancio is responsible for a variety of tasks. He is on deck to tie up the boat at port and during visits to the bunker barges in the anchorage. He maintains the cleanliness of the Flying Angel and greets visitors when they come on board.
Our Sponsors
Angel Appeal relies on the generosity of our sponsors, here a just a few of them...
