by Sue | Apr 23, 2024 | Media Releases, Stories
The new purpose-built hospital ship will expand the impact of Mercy Ships’ life-changing surgeries, anaesthetic care and surgical education for future generations of patients and healthcare professionals in sub-Saharan Africa. Geneva, Switzerland – Lindale,...
by Sue | Apr 16, 2024 | Blogs, Stories, Technical, Volunteers
When Jean Jacques Diouf climbed the gangway of the Africa Mercy® for the first time in his home country of Senegal, he’d packed his suitcase with enough supplies for just one week. He figured he wasn’t going to be on board for long. He’d only come to volunteer because...
by Sue | Apr 16, 2024 | Blogs, Children, Patients, Stories
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...
by Sue | Apr 2, 2024 | Blogs, General, Stories, Volunteers
It takes hundreds of volunteers to power Mercy Ships’ mission to deliver safe and free surgeries via hospital ships. These amazing volunteers need to be equipped with professional skills in medicine, seafaring, accounting, cooking, and many other fields. They come...
by Sue | Apr 1, 2024 | Patients, Stories
2022 was not the first time that Ousmane had sought medical help for his daughter Aissatou. Since his little girl was born with a cleft lip four years earlier, he had been in pursuit of her healing. The family had visited multiple hospitals in Senegal, but none could...
by Sue | Mar 12, 2024 | Media Releases
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, MARCH 11,2024 – Renowned surgeons and medical experts from across West Africa and beyond met in Freetown, Sierra Leone to propose ways of accelerating access to surgical care and education at the 64th Conference and Scientific Meeting of the...
by Sue | Mar 8, 2024 | Blogs, Stories, Technical, Volunteers
Florence Bangura’s history with Mercy Ships spans 20 years, covering two countries, three ships, and four field services. At the age of 29, Florence worked as a welder on board the very first Mercy Ships’ hospital ship, the Anastasis, just a week after becoming...
by Sue | Mar 7, 2024 | Blogs, Stories
Written by Dr. Austin Demby, Minister of Health and Sanitation for the Government of Sierra Leone As experts from the surgical and healthcare world gather for the 64th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting of the West African College of Surgeons in Sierra Leone...
by Sue | Mar 1, 2024 | Blogs, Men, Patients, Stories
Of all the birthdays he’d celebrated in his life, Emmanuel’s 43rd would turn out to be something truly extraordinary. Just a few days after turning the page to a new year of life, a new chapter began. Emmanuel was wheeled into an operating room on board the Global...
by Sue | Feb 5, 2024 | Blogs, Stories
On February 1, amid much joy and celebration, the newly refit Africa Mercy® hospital ship arrived in the port of Toamasina, Madagascar. Welcomed by the government and Ministry of Health of Madagascar, the Africa Mercy is ready to bring transformative hope and healing ...
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