Our Programs

Every Veteran arrives with different needs. We meet them with different programs.

From mental health support to Veteran-led missions, water-based programs aboard Ceaseless Explorer, and our Retreat & Wellness Center, each program gives Veterans a path back to purpose, connection, and healing.

Explore Our Programs

  • A Veteran in silhouette, reflecting on the mental health challenges faced after service

    Mental Health

    • Mental Health Professionals trained in various therapeutic modalities
    • Peer Counseling
    • Pets for Vets
    Learn more →
  • Community members thanking the Convergence & Hope Fleet with a hand-painted banner after a humanitarian aid mission

    Veteran-led Mission Ops

    • Humanitarian Aid Missions
    • Mobile Medical Clinics
    Learn more →
  • Ceaseless Explorer, the 56-foot Expedition Trawler

    Water-Based Programs Aboard M/V Ceaseless Explorer

    • SCUBA Diving Therapy
    • NOAA Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Program
    • NOAA Coral Reef Restoration
    • NOAA Sea Drifter Buoy Program
    • Invasive Species Eradication
    Individual program pages coming soon.
  • The Convergence retreat property in Bocas del Toro, Panama, seen across the calm Caribbean water

    Retreat & Wellness Center

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Two Convergence Veterans in Convergence t-shirts on the retreat porch

Veterans Helping Veterans

Convergence was founded by U.S. Veterans and their supporters who learned firsthand that healing comes from peer connection and purpose. What began at our Mirror Ranch retreat — equine-assisted work and dialectical behavior therapy — grew into SCUBA dive therapy for PTSD, and then into Panama.

Alongside partners like YWAM Ships and SAR Panama, our all-Veteran crews have run mobile medical missions (84 people treated in two days), humanitarian aid deliveries, and healing retreats aboard the M/V Ceaseless Explorer. Now our onshore Wellness Center gives that mission a permanent home.

There, Veterans move from surviving to thriving — turning wounded warriors into healers for both oceans and communities.

Meet our leadership team

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  1. Mission updates from Panama, the Caribbean, and wherever Veterans need us
  2. Stories of hope Veterans finding their way home — in their own words
  3. Ways to serve volunteer calls, supply drives, and other needs

With gratitude,
— The Convergence Team

Two Convergence team members in matching caps smile and give a thumbs-up on a wooden porch.
Veterans Helping Veterans