by Mel | Oct 5, 2022 | Blogs, Medical, Stories, Volunteers
“We are bringing you to Dakar.” These were Elvis Ngwang’s absolute favourite words to tell patients in the months before the Africa Mercy® returned to Senegal. After leaving earlier than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital ship’s return in early 2022...
by Mel | Feb 16, 2022 | Stories, Technical, Volunteers
“The party continues.” This is the oft-heard catchphrase of Lawrence Adjei, the volunteer bosun on the Global Mercy. Lawrence commands the deck department on the newest Mercy Ships vessel, currently based in Antwerp, Belgium, during its hospital equipping. Lawrence’s...
by Mel | Feb 7, 2022 | General, Stories, Volunteers
Deb Duff’s journey as a Mercy Ships volunteer has been full of unpredictable starts and stops. In fact, it started with a stop, when she found out her job in Australia was going to be eliminated. Deb had been working for 25 years, and she’d been thinking about taking...
by Mel | Jan 15, 2022 | Medical, Stories, Volunteers
Embarking on a volunteer journey with Mercy Ships fulfilled a lifelong dream for Deddy, an operating theatre nurse from the Netherlands. “I always wanted to go to Africa since I was little. I had already told my parents, ‘I want to be a nurse,’” she said. Coming on...
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...
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