by Brenda van Straten | Mar 16, 2022 | News
Dr. Aloïse Sagna has decades of experience as a surgeon. Still, he always wants to learn something new. “I could spend all day trying to do better for the patients,” he said. That’s why in 2019, when he had an opportunity to visit Montreal Children’s Hospital in...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 16, 2022 | News
Eric Diatta’s phone never stops ringing. On the other end of the line, it could be any one of the hundreds of Mercy Ships patients who have come to rely on him. Eric is from the southern part of Senegal and speaks five languages. In 2019, he met Mercy Ships Hospital...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 16, 2022 | News
“Every once in a while, my grandpa – a schoolteacher – would get a pliers and yank out someone’s aching tooth,” says Dr. David Ugai, recounting his grandparents’ experience as missionaries in present day Zimbabwe. “The funny thing is, my grandma never got gifts for...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 14, 2022 | News
The sun shone brightly when the yellow ambulance of Stichting WensAmbulance Oost-Nederland arrived, right next to the Global Mercy, setting off bright white against the clear blue sky. It was a very special day for 87-year-old Mrs. Teuna Damming. Her greatest wish was...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 14, 2022 | News
Anchored in the port of Dakar, Senegal, the Africa Mercy® and her crew are reuniting with their mission to bring hope and healing. After years of preparation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteers on board could not be more ready to welcome patients back on...
