Georgette came to our hospital ship with a severely diseased foot. 

Duda had lived with the challenges of club feet for many years.

Our hospital ships take first-world surgical care to some of the poorest countries in the world. You may not be available to volunteer onboard our ships, but you can get involved. 

Thirteen-year-old Rayhanatou suffered from a tumor in her jaw for five years. 

In countries without surgical and medical care, untreated injuries destroy the quality of life.  One of our volunteer plastic surgeons from Africa explains.

Jimmy was living in the local marketplace when Mercy Ships crewmembers met him.  

Johnette Poole and her husband Johnny started a nonprofit called Hooves and Halos in Winnsboro, Texas. 

Mercy Ships volunteer crew member Peter Ainsworth got a surprise phone call onboard the Africa Mercy. The previous year he had worked with a local day-worker called Louis Regin of Cameroon.

Windsor volunteers onboard our hospital ship in the Communications Department. She describes how someone showed appreciation for the crewmembers. 

The patients who come to our hospital ship have nowhere else to turn. Their gratitude is touching and inspiring.