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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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...
Biomedical engineering volunteer opportunities give Australian technicians and healthcare technology professionals a meaningful way to put their skills to work beyond the workshop, lab or hospital department. Across many African healthcare settings, medical equipment...
Somewhere in the world right now, a person has gone blind from a condition that a 20-minute operation could fix. Cataracts remain the single leading cause of reversible vision loss globally, yet roughly half of all people who need cataract surgery still can't access...
Five billion people around the world lack access to safe, timely surgical care. That figure, drawn from the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, translates to roughly 18.6 million preventable deaths every year. Hospital ships are one of the more practical answers to...
Identical Twin Nurses have Patients Seeing Double on Hospital Ship in Madagascar Identical twin nurses from Germany — who volunteer on board the Africa Mercy® and work together at the same hospital in Switzerland — often have patients thinking they are seeing double....