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...
by Brenda van Straten | Mar 8, 2021 | News, Volunteer Stories
Mercy Ships and CURE International announced a partnership to provide specialized surgical care to children living with disabilities across the continent of Africa. Both organizations provide hope and healing to children living with disabilities through surgical care...
by Brenda van Straten | Feb 22, 2021 | News, Volunteer Stories
Mercy Ships medical capacity building program creates an invaluable opportunity to partner with government officials and local surgeons in the countries we visit. For more than 30 years, Mercy Ships has collaborated with some of the most driven, dedicated, and...
by Brenda van Straten | Jan 22, 2021 | Volunteer Stories
EMMANUEL ESSAH Through the medical capacity building program, Mercy Ships works hand-in-hand with partnering nations and local medical professionals to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in Africa – and has been doing so for almost 30 years. In that time, Mercy...
by Brenda van Straten | Jun 18, 2020 | Volunteer Stories
Femi Adesanya, from Nigeria, works as the Bosun onboard the Africa Mercy. He says that after a long day at work, there is nothing better than coming home to his wife, Jennifer, and one-year-old daughter, Meghan. “I may have had a very busy or tiring day, but...
