by Brenda van Straten | Jun 29, 2021 | News
Charity takes official delivery of their first purpose-built hospital ship the Global Mercy™ GARDEN VALLEY, TEXAS – 29 June 2021 – Global health charity, Mercy Ships, reports that after a completion and acceptance ceremony on June 16, followed by a handover...
by Brenda van Straten | Jun 21, 2021 | Volunteer Stories
Mercy Ships floating hospitals, the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy, are the largest charity-run hospital ships in the world. Operating two ships means we rely heavily on the seafarers who use their time and skills to transform the lives of thousands who walk up our...
by Brenda van Straten | Jun 17, 2021 | Patient Stories
On the day he came to Mercy Ships, 12-year-old Sekouba held a weathered picture in his hands. The photograph, with frayed edges and faded color, was of a young boy with an unblemished face smiling brightly at the camera. “This used to be me,” Sekouba said. Only two...
by Brenda van Straten | Jun 11, 2021 | News, Volunteer Stories
Earlier this year, Mercy Ships and CURE International announced a new partnership to share our resources and send veteran Mercy Ships volunteers to serve on the ground in CURE hospitals across Africa. As a Christian non-profit organization, CURE International operates...
by Brenda van Straten | Jun 9, 2021 | News, Volunteer Stories
Every morning, Francois Tounamou wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and spends more than two hours traveling to the Gamal Abdel Nasser University dental school in Guinea. He gets to the clinic early and leaves late, sometimes hours after class is scheduled to end. In his spare...
