22 January 2020: The work of volunteers serving with the Mercy Ships charity on board Africa Mercy, the world's largest charity hospital ship, will be featured in an hour-long episode of the TV series Mighty Ships. ‘Mighty Ships: Africa Mercy’ will screen on the Seven...
Friday 27 September 2019: At a reception on Wednesday hosted by Mercy Ships and the AfroChampions Initiative, African heads of state and prominent business leaders came together in support of the work Mercy Ships is doing to address the surgery crisis in Africa....
Dakar, Senegal, August 15 2019: Today marks the second time that the Port of Dakar has welcomed a Mercy Ship to its shore. This time it is the Africa Mercy – the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship. In response to an invitation from the President...
International Christian hospital ship charity Mercy Ships is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. American Don Stephens, who co-founded the organisation with his wife Deyon back in 1979, spoke via email about how he came to found the organisation as well as...
Government of Sierra Leone renews partnership with hospital ship charity to strengthen surgical care Freetown, Sierra Leone, 31 May 2019: During an audience with His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone this week , the government and...
Seven-month-old patient receives cleft lip surgery on board the world’s largest independent hospital ship Monday, 20 May 2019: As Mercy Ships commemorates its 40-year legacy, the organisation today marks another major milestone: the 100,000th free surgical procedure...