A Beautiful Reunion: Donna Makoboka’s Mercy Ships Story
Donna Makoboka’s story with Mercy Ships began in 1993. At the time, Donna was working as a teacher in her home country of South Africa. One day, while traveling by taxi, disaster struck. One of the taxi wheels broke off. Within moments, Donna found herself in a...
Leaving a Lasting Impact: Medical Capacity Building on the Global Mercy®
“We are already applying what we have learned here. It has brought a lot to us. We are realizing what we are doing, and we have learned a lot, so a big thank you to the organization, and I hope many more biomedical technicians will receive the same training.” -...
An Exciting New Home: Ole Urdal Makes His Mark
Last October, Ole and Kamilla Urdal made a big leap. They decided to come aboard the Global Mercy® with their four children, leaving their home in Norway and moving into a family cabin on the world’s largest civilian hospital ship. Now, the kids go to school in the...
H.E. President Macky Sall leads inauguration of the world’s largest purpose-built hospital ship, the Global Mercy™
On board newest Mercy Ship, African leaders commit to Dakar Declaration – a roadmap which will accelerate access to surgical, obstetric, and anesthetic care by 2030 DAKAR, Senegal, May 31, 2022/APO Group/ H.E. President of Senegal Macky Sall has inaugurated the...
The Bineys Celebrate 30 Years with Mercy Ships, Look to the Future of Africa
Joe and Agnes Biney joined Mercy Ships in the 1990s with no end date. Their prayer wasalways: “God, if you still want us here, give us the grace to continue to serve.” Three decades later, Agnes says simply, “We’ve been here since.” They left their home in Ghana to...
35 Years with Mercy Ships: Susan Parker’s Story
When Susan joined Mercy Ships, she was 25 years old. She only planned to stay five months."That was in 1987,” she remembered. “Five years later when I married Gary, I never imaginedthat I was signing up to spend most of my adult life on a Mercy Ship.” Dr. Gary Parker,...
World Health Day: Partnering with Africa for a Healthier Future
For a child in a low-income country, an unmet medical need creates a ripple effect. Often, it means that child is unable to go to school. Without an education, the trajectory of their whole life will change. That child might have amazing potential,” said Dr. Miriam...
Dr. Aloïse and Dr. Sherif: A Partnership Across the Seas
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...
Eric Diatta: The Senegalese Translator Who Kept Hope Alive
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...
Heroes of Healthcare: Dr. David Ugai
“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...