by Sue | Sep 16, 2024 | Medical, Stories, Volunteers
When Allison Leer first heard about Mercy Ships, she knew that this was the place she wanted to be. Only 17 at the time, she still had a lot of things to figure out in her life, but serving on a hospital ship in a distant land excited her. “I think it was my mum who...
by Sue | Sep 9, 2024 | Men, Patients, Stories
Sahr is a 32-year-old police officer with a wife and 4-month-old baby boy. He was 20 years old when he noticed what looked like a boil, which would appear and disappear, in his lower stomach. His late mother assured him that it was nothing to worry about. But it...
by Sue | Aug 20, 2024 | Blogs, General, Stories, Volunteers
“This field service is special for me. This is my contribution to my country,” shared Edward Carew, a volunteer Engine Rating from Sierra Leone. “There is no better job in this world than seeing the lives of other people transformed through the work I do here on Mercy...
by Mel | Aug 15, 2024 | Blogs, Stories
There was great cause for celebration in Sierra Leone on 14 August! The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown in a partnership between Mercy Ships and the Ministry of Health. In this field service, Mercy Ships...
by Sue | Aug 7, 2024 | Blogs, General, Volunteers
Jessica Bency, a 24-year-old woman from Madagascar, works with the Mercy Ships communications team on board the Africa Mercy® as a translator. Her journey to becoming an interpreter was a unique one from the start. Not only did she have the remarkable determination to...
by Sue | Aug 7, 2024 | Children, Patients, Stories
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...
by Sue | Jul 29, 2024 | Blogs, Men, Patients, Stories
The tumour on 38-year-old Fidisoa’s back started out just like a tiny pimple… then it turned into a lump… and eventually grew to the size of a fist. Before long, the tumour had grown to such a size that when Fidisoa wore a shirt, any onlooker would have...
by Sue | Jul 9, 2024 | Children, Patients, Stories
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,...
by Sue | Jul 9, 2024 | Children, Patients, Stories
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...
by Sue | Jul 9, 2024 | Stories, Women
Nestled atop a hill with breathtaking views and strong gusts of wind is a village in the heart of Madagascar. Just a six-hour drive from the capital of Antananarivo or Tana, where most of the island’s population live, the village is a sharp contrast to Tana – with...
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