Dr. Patricia Eyoup Sen Brings a New Vision to Cameroon
Through the capacity building program, Mercy Ships works together with government officials and local medical professionals to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in Africa – and has been doing so for more than 30 years. In that time, Mercy Ships has been...
Mercy Ships Food for Life Program Changing Lives in Senegal, One at a Time
Mercy Ships has long been committed to strengthening health systems and providing direct medical services through surgical intervention onboard our hospital ships. But did you know, Mercy Ships is also dedicated to whole person care? Since 1997, Mercy Ships has...
Sharing Hope Together on World Health Day
On April 7, people around the world will celebrate World Health Day by amplifying this year’s theme: building a healthier, fairer world. It’s a mission that strikes a particularly resonant chord with Mercy Ships. We are founded on the belief that everyone deserves...
Providing Medical Capacity Building Programs Through a Different Lens: Adapting to eLearning
When 2020 began, Mercy Ships had a full slate of our regular in-country medical training programs in the pipeline. Of course, like many others around the world, we had to adapt our plans when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out early in the year. We quickly realized that...
Lasting Impact in Action: Ly Cheick’s Story
Ly Cheick, a 24-year-old Guinean student, was in the prime of life with plenty of dreams for the future. However, he had a problem — one that was only getting worse over time. He had noticed a bump growing in his mouth that was becoming more and more visible. In 2020,...
Mercy Ships and CURE International Announce Partnership Providing Surgery to Reach More Children Living with Disabilities
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...
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Courageous Caregivers Who Make Hope and Healing Possible Every story of hope and healing begins with a step of faith. And perhaps no step is greater than a mother choosing to trust a ship of strangers with her child. This...
Heroes of Healthcare – Dr. Abram Wodome
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...
EMMANUEL ESSAH
HEROES OF HEALTHCARE He is a silent force who plays a crucial role in transforming lives. He performs the maintenance of medical equipment, trains engineers, and is currently setting up a new training facility. Please meet one of our Heroes of Healthcare: biomedical...
A New Hope for 2021
Celebrating all that has been accomplished and all that is to come As the final pages of the 2020 calendar come to an end, we take a look back at all we’ve experienced together - in our families, as an organization, and as a global community. This year was one of...