It takes skills of all kinds to bring hope and healing. See how our volunteer crew makes a difference on board.
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In Africa, a single untreated surgical condition can quietly dismantle a family's finances. An injury, a cleft lip, a cataract, an obstetric complication: each one can cut into household income, pull children out of school and push relatives into unpaid caring roles...
Surgery can save a life, ease pain and restore function, but recovery doesn't stop when a patient walks out of theatre. In humanitarian settings, that same patient might also be dealing with displacement, separation from family, money worries, grief or trauma from...
Walk past an operating theatre on any given day and you'll see surgeons and nurses getting the credit, while a smaller team works quietly in the background to make sure everything actually functions. That's the operating theatre technician, one of the most important...
Valerie devoted her clinical skills to the operating room for about 10 years before deciding to transition into the classroom as a perioperative nurse educator. Lecturing at the School of Peri-operative and Critical Care Nursing in Ghana and acting as a facilitator...
Across Africa, nurses are the backbone of patient care. They are there before surgery, through recovery and during every step of the healing process. Mercy Ships' infection control workshops recognise this reality and build on it, giving nurses the skills to protect...
Deciding to volunteer overseas as a family is not something most Australians take lightly. It changes routines, disrupts comfort zones, and asks every family member to give something of themselves. For those considering Mercy Ships, it is also one of the most...