by webadmin | May 20, 2019 | Media Releases, Stories
Seven-month-old patient receives cleft lip surgery on board the world’s largest independent hospital ship Monday, 20 May 2019: As Mercy Ships commemorates its 40-year legacy, the organisation today marks another major milestone: the 100,000th free surgical procedure...
by webadmin | Mar 20, 2019 | Media Releases, Medical, Stories, Volunteers
Conakry, Guinea, West Africa, March 20, 2019: On World Oral Health Day, Mercy Ships recognises the Australian dental volunteers dedicated to the oral health of West Africa. Mercy Ships is currently working in Guinea, West Africa with a team of 25 volunteer dentists,...
by webadmin | Mar 11, 2019 | Blogs, Stories
Ellen Ziegelaar, a Platform Systems Engineer for Rolls-Royce Australia services, recently put her engineering know-how in aid of underserved communities in Africa. Discover her passion for technology and what drove her to support the Mercy Ships initiative. How did...
by webadmin | Mar 5, 2019 | Media Releases, Stories
When Megan Ellis applied for a volunteer position with Mercy Ships in 2018, she never imagined she’d be stepping onto the deck of the Africa Mercy less than a year later. She had initially planned on joining the Mercy crew for three weeks, but this quickly...
by webadmin | Feb 28, 2019 | Medical, Stories, Volunteers
Thursday 28 February 2019: A desire to do something more to help others has led Packenham nurse Karen Thompson to the other side of the world to volunteer on board a hospital ship. An RN in the operating theatres at St John of God Hospital in Berwick, Ms Thompson...
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