Every patient has a name, a face, and a story and Mercy Ships transforms their lives by providing free surgery and medical care.
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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...
Serah, or Heuridia as she’s known to her family, looks like any other 9-year-old girl in the city of Toamasina, Madagascar. She rides her bicycle around her parents’ green-painted bungalow while some of her friends from around the neighbourhood watch excitedly,...
In a coastal city in eastern Madagascar lives a 12-year-old boy named Romino. A decade ago, Romino received orthopaedic surgery onboard a floating hospital ship, the Africa Mercy®, which corrected his bowed legs at the age of just 3 years old. Today, Tilos, as he is...
Naserry was always a happy child, the kind of girl who brings joy to a room just by entering it. To describe her personality, her aunt, Salamatu, simply laughed and responded: “She likes to talk!” Salamatu has held onto high hopes for her niece, who dreams of becoming...
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,...
When 13-year-old Ibrahim arrived at the Global Mercy™ in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the left side of his face was tremendously swollen, protruding well beyond the teen’s jawline. He had developed a simple toothache when he was 9 years old, but left untreated, the problem...