by Sue | Oct 22, 2024 | Media Releases, Stories
11 October 2024 In a landmark collaboration, the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) has granted an accreditation to Mercy Ships’ surgical and anaesthesia training programmes. This partnership reflects the shared commitment of both organisations towards advancing...
by Sue | Oct 15, 2024 | Blogs, Stories
In a groundbreaking effort to strengthen the anaesthesia care workforce in Sierra Leone, Mercy Ships has partnered with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and the University of Sierra Leone to establish the Nurse Anaesthesia Diploma Program. The initiative aims to...
by Sue | Oct 8, 2024 | Media Releases, Stories
CONAKRY, GUINEA 26th September 2024: Guinea’s only public dental school celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art training facility yesterday, which more than doubles capacity for dental students to learn, practice and treat patients while addressing the...
by Sue | Oct 8, 2024 | Blogs, Stories
Running a hospital isn’t an easy task — it takes leaders carefully orchestrating a sea of moving parts to keep operations running smoothly. Matron Betsy Deen is that person at Connaught Hospital’s surgical department in Freetown, Sierra Leone. During Mercy Ships’...
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...
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