The NGO Naves de Esperanza and the shipping company Costa Cruceros have signed an agreement to disseminate the projects of this international organization, that uses hospital ships to reach the people most in need.
This NGO also runs programs for local medical personnel, and develops projects to improve hospital facilities.
Although Costa Cruises focuses its CSR on the care and sustainability of the environment, as evidenced by its commitment to the use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel for its ships and other initiatives (you have the information on the Costa Cruises sustainability report in this article) It also collaborates with different NGOs and international institutions in the improvement of social development, for example, since 2009 it collaborates with UNICEF.
Returning Naves de Esperanza this is a non-governmental organization of humanitarian aid, of international scope founded in 1978. One of its main activities is to provide medical services in some of the most needy countries, for this Hospital ships are used, such as the Esperanza de Africa, the only one currently at sea. This ship, in which more than 400 volunteers work, is equipped with 5 operating rooms, 82 beds, computerized tomography equipment and X-rays. It is estimated at more than 78.000 operations, and some 183.000 patients have been treated in the almost 40 years in which the organization has operated.
At this point the non-governmental organization is dedicating significant resources to the construction of a new ship, This began in 2014, measuring 174 meters in length and 28 in beam, and will be aboard more than 600 members of the NGO, including crew members and medical personnel.
This NGO is based in Barcelona, and in 16 other developed countries, and through their website you can follow the news, its history and the projects in which they are currently involved.