by Darren Swain | Oct 27, 2025 | News
Dr. Justina Seyi-Olajide is no stranger to forging new paths. A brilliant and daring pediatric surgeon from Nigeria, she made history on the Global Mercy™ in Sierra Leone as the first female African pediatric surgeon to volunteer with Mercy Ships. She’s a surgeon at...
by Darren Swain | Oct 23, 2025 | Patient Stories
Everything changed when Anne-Marie van Tonder, a crew clinic administration assistant on the Global Mercy™, saw Memunatu at a local children’s hospital in Freetown. “I saw this little baby, very fragile, looking at me,” Anne-Marie, a volunteer from South...
by Darren Swain | Oct 16, 2025 | News
Before Frank Seibure ever put on scrubs or stepped on board a Mercy Ship, he was already on a mission to bring hope by advocating for human rights in his home country of Sierra Leone. However, after encountering Mercy Ships more than a decade ago, he decided to...
by Darren Swain | Oct 16, 2025 | Patient Stories
Marie Jeanne and Germaine were able to receive a free 15-minute cataract surgery on board the Africa Mercy in Madagascar. After the surgery, for the first time in nearly three years, Marie Jeanne and Germaine’s eyes met. Light and colour flooded back in an instant....
by Darren Swain | Oct 1, 2025 | News
Department of Transport, together with industry partners, commemorated World Maritime Day 2025 at Lagoon Beach Hotel, Cape Town, on 25 September 2025 under the global theme “Our Ocean, Our Obligation, and Our Opportunity.” Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr. Mkhuleko...
