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...
The tumour on 38-year-old Fidisoa’s back started out just like a tiny pimple... then it turned into a lump... and eventually grew to the size of a fist. Before long, the tumour had grown to such a size that when Fidisoa wore a shirt, any onlooker would have assumed he...
When Lalaina received news of her daughter’s surgery date, she was so happy. This was not the first time she had waited for something so precious. After her son turned five years old, Lalaina prayed and waited for 10 years before she could finally conceive again. So,...
Mercy Ships serves its partner nations using a doubled-edged approach to bringing hope and healing – providing free and safe surgeries to those in need onboard hospital ships, and empowering local healthcare providers with effective training and mentorship leading to...
When Jean Jacques Diouf climbed the gangway of the Africa Mercy® for the first time in his home country of Senegal, he’d packed his suitcase with enough supplies for just one week. He figured he wasn’t going to be on board for long. He’d only come to volunteer because...