It was an episode of 60 Minutes that changed the course of Martha Rodriguez’s life. As she watched the show from her Texas home in 2013, she was captivated. The episode was about a Mercy Ships hospital ship, and Martha immediately knew she wanted to be a part of it....
Deb Duff’s journey as a Mercy Ships volunteer has been full of unpredictable starts and stops. In fact, it started with a stop, when she found out her job in Australia was going to be eliminated. Deb had been working for 25 years, and she’d been thinking about taking...
Every volunteer crewmember on board a Mercy Ships vessel has a job to do. And there’s one person who’s in charge of looking after them, while they look after others. Meet Daniela Cruz Ontiveros, the Chief Steward of the Global Mercy®. She's in charge of organising...
Islay Robertson’s journey toward Mercy Ships began years ago — all thanks to a television program. From her home in New Zealand, she watched a National Geographic documentary series about the floating hospital ships. “I was just totally blown away by it,” she said....
If there’s one person who knows the kind of adaptability it takes to be a Mercy Ships volunteer, it’s Emily Frazier. She was supposed to join the ship in June 2020. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Her start date was pushed to July, then September, then April 2021....
As a volunteer-based organisation, it’s no secret that our crewmembers come from around the world to serve. But you might not know that our international crew aren’t the only ones sharing their skills on our hospital ships. During each 10-month field service, around...