Lifeship Floating Villages

Five years ago, under the guidance of Karpowership’s late founder Rauf Osman Karadeniz’s “One World” philosophy and to provide a safe place for people who have experienced hardship, Karpowership developed its Lifeship Floating Villages Concept to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of devastating natural disasters. The Lifeship Floating Villages are self-sufficient, do not require any onshore infrastructure and can provide accommodation and emergency relief.

The Lifeships, operating as floating villages, are fully equipped to meet the day-to-day needs of those onboard, providing catering, health, social, childcare, and education facilities and living spaces for more than 2,000 people per vessel.

Following the devastating earthquakes in February 2023, we immediately deployed two Lifeships to the Hatay-İskenderun region to provide emergency accommodation for earthquake victims. One of the Lifeships, Karadeniz Lifeship Rauf Bey Akademi, is now serving as a boarding school for students, whom we also support via scholarships, career days, and sporting events.

Both Lifeships will remain in the earthquake zone to provide accommodation and assistance for as long as they are needed.