by Sue | Jul 9, 2024 | Media Releases, Stories
PRESS RELEASE By land, air and sea: Hospital ship and aviation charities renew partnership to bring life-changing surgery to patients in remote African regions TOAMASINA, MADAGASCAR, 8 JULY 2024 – Humanitarian aid organisations Mercy Ships and Mission Aviation...
by Sue | Jun 11, 2024 | Blogs, Children, Patients, Stories
When Lalaina received news of her daughter’s surgery date, she was so happy. This was not the first time she had waited for something so precious. After her son turned five years old, Lalaina prayed and waited for 10 years before she could finally conceive again. So,...
by Sue | Jun 9, 2024 | Blogs, Stories
Mercy Ships serves its partner nations using a doubled-edged approach to bringing hope and healing – providing free and safe surgeries to those in need onboard hospital ships, and empowering local healthcare providers with effective training and mentorship leading to...
by Sue | May 8, 2024 | Men, Patients, Stories
When a father passes away, a son struggles to remember as much about his dad as he can. Some of Hassan’s final memories of his father involved living with him while contracting the same condition that ultimately took his dad’s life: complications from an abdominal...
by Sue | May 7, 2024 | Media Releases
ACCRA, GHANA, AFRICA: April 26, 2024 – Founder and Medical Director of CHILD Accra, Dr. Juliette M. Tuakli, has been awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 4th Africa Healthcare Awards and Summit (AHAS) for her tireless efforts and passion for improving...
by Sue | May 7, 2024 | Patients, Women
A mother of three is able to hug her children with both arms for the first time since she received transformational surgery on severe burns that she sustained as a child. Coumba, 31, from Senegal was just four when she injured herself while rescuing her little brother...
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...
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