Mercy Ships' mission sounds like it shouldn't work.

When Deborah's mom first asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she thought hard… but couldn't find an answer.

If you're able, I want you to make a fist with your hand. Now, place that fist on your chest.

You've probably heard the saying, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

Have you ever been on board a ship?

What if your childhood home wasn't a house… but a hospital ship?

Since Mercy Ships began in 1978, we've performed over 122,000 free surgeries on our hospital ships.

What does true determination look like?

There are 5 billion people in the world who lack access to surgery.

One day in Liberia, a Mercy Ships eye surgeon named Dr. Strauss visited a local church.