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Mercy Ships Looks to the Future with New International Chief Medical Officer
Mercy Ships is excited to welcome a new International Chief Medical Officer to the helm during an exciting new season for the organization – and for Africa. Dr. Mark Shrime has been serving on board the Africa Mercy® twice a year as a volunteer head and neck surgeon...
A New Purpose: Martha’s Journey
It was an episode of 60 Minutes that changed the course of Martha Rodriguez’s life. As she watched the show from her Texas home in 2013, she was captivated. The episode was about a Mercy Ships hospital ship, and Martha immediately knew she wanted to be a part of it....
Meet The Surgeon Restoring Women’s Hope and Dignity
Dr. Charlotte Polle-Kaliti is a pioneer. She was the first person from her community to go into medicine, later becoming an obstetrician and gynecologist, then eventually a fistula surgeon. Out of 11 fistula surgeons in her home country of Kenya, she is the only woman...
Safer Surgery for a New Generation: Pediatric Anesthesia Training in Senegal
In June 2022, more than 30 Senegalese healthcare professionals boarded the Global Mercy® to equip themselves with new skills that could save countless vulnerable young lives. “People think babies and children are just miniature adults, but actually, they have their...
Sterile Processing to Ensure Safe Surgery
Medical Capacity Building Team on board the Global Mercy
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...