by Mel | Dec 29, 2021 | Medical, Stories, Volunteers
A patient was brought into the operating theatre at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. It was a child with a cleft palate. Dr. Chris Kapeshi, the senior maxillofacial surgeon in the country, stepped aside to allow his visitor, Mercy Ships volunteer...
by Mel | Dec 26, 2021 | General, Stories, Volunteers
Every volunteer crewmember on board a Mercy Ships vessel has a job to do. And there’s one person who’s in charge of looking after them, while they look after others. Meet Daniela Cruz Ontiveros, the Chief Steward of the Global Mercy®. She’s in charge of...
by Mel | Nov 17, 2021 | General, Stories, Volunteers
Islay Robertson’s journey toward Mercy Ships began years ago — all thanks to a television program. From her home in New Zealand, she watched a National Geographic documentary series about the floating hospital ships. “I was just totally blown away by it,” she said....
by Mel | Oct 5, 2021 | General, Stories, Volunteers
If there’s one person who knows the kind of adaptability it takes to be a Mercy Ships volunteer, it’s Emily Frazier. She was supposed to join the ship in June 2020. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Her start date was pushed to July, then September, then April 2021....
by Mel | Sep 27, 2021 | Medical, Stories, Volunteers
“Togo is my country, but Mercy Ships is my home.” It was a conversation with her pastor, all the way back in 1995, that changed the trajectory of Clementine’s life. She was working at her church when she heard that a hospital ship would soon be arriving in her home...
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