When Allison Leer first heard about Mercy Ships, she knew that this was the place she wanted to be. Only 17 at the time, she still had a lot of things to figure out in her life, but serving on a hospital ship in a distant land excited her. “I think it was my mum who...
Sahr is a 32-year-old police officer with a wife and 4-month-old baby boy. He was 20 years old when he noticed what looked like a boil, which would appear and disappear, in his lower stomach. His late mother assured him that it was nothing to worry about. But it...
“This field service is special for me. This is my contribution to my country,” shared Edward Carew, a volunteer Engine Rating from Sierra Leone. “There is no better job in this world than seeing the lives of other people transformed through the work I do here on Mercy...
There was great cause for celebration in Sierra Leone on 14 August! The world's largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown in a partnership between Mercy Ships and the Ministry of Health. In this field service, Mercy Ships will...
Jessica Bency, a 24-year-old woman from Madagascar, works with the Mercy Ships communications team on board the Africa Mercy® as a translator. Her journey to becoming an interpreter was a unique one from the start. Not only did she have the remarkable determination to...
Born into a family of six children in Sierra Leone, 14-year-old Lucy loves science and wants to be a medical doctor. According to her mother, Isatu, “Lucy loves school. Even when she is not in school, she loves to study. After school, she eats and then goes and...