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...
ASPEN PHARMACARE FUNDS MERCY SHIPS / SAFE PAEDIATRICS ANAESTHESIA COURSE
On January 31, 2020, the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA) ran their sixth SAFE Paediatric Anaesthesia course in South Africa, in partnership with Mercy Ships and Aspen. The course, facilitated by Dr Clover-Ann Lee, Specialist Paediatric Anaesthetist...
Mercy Ships announces its second hospital ship: The Global Mercy
The international humanitarian non-governmental organization strives to increase access to safe and quality surgical care in Africa. Mercy Ships unveils its new hospital ship, the Global Mercy, which will join the Africa Mercy, in service in Africa since 2007. The...
EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!
For more than 40 years, the focus of Mercy Ships has been and continues to be bringing hope and healing to those we serve. For the past 30 years, Mercy Ships has concentrated its efforts in Africa. During those three decades, Mercy Ships worked together with countries...