by Brenda van Straten | Dec 27, 2021 | News
A new year is beginning, and a brand new hospital ship is preparing to sail to Senegal. Every area of the ship – from the hospital wards to the crew cabins – is coming to life. New faces are also beginning to populate the vessels of the Mercy Ships fleet. Faces like...
by Brenda van Straten | Dec 15, 2021 | News
Operating hospital ships in ports around the world requires thousands of essential supplies being transported across the globe. When the ports are remote and difficult to navigate, and the supplies are literally the difference between life and death, there’s little...
by Brenda van Straten | Dec 9, 2021 | Patient Stories
Young Mansare dashed around the dock, his frayed sandals flapping as he ran and his laughter bringing a smile to his mother’s face. “Look at him. Look at him walk,” his mother, Simone, said. “He can really play now. Before, he would get tired and come back after ten...
by Brenda van Straten | Dec 9, 2021 | Volunteer Stories
Benji Aryee remembers vividly the moment he first stepped aboard a Mercy Ship. It was April 10, 2010. “It was exactly lunchtime, 12 o’ clock,” Benji said, laughing as he recalled his own excitement. When he walked up the gangway, he said to himself, “Finally. Finally....
by Brenda van Straten | Dec 7, 2021 | Patient Stories
Yeabsira’s parents have always thought of him as their gift from God. Even if this gift came with a measure of grief. He was their first child, and he was born with Apert syndrome, which can impact the shape of the head and hands. For Yeabsira, this meant that his...