Our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, docked in Senegal in August 2019.  

Dr. Sherif Emil is head of Children’s Hospital in Montreal, Canada. He’s a pediatric surgeon who volunteers onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy.

Ronald Read was a gas station attendant and JC Penney janitor in Vermont.  

Five-year-old Babacar had a growth protruding from the center of his stomach. 

A group of representatives from Liberia’s Ministry of Health came to visit our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, in Guinea.   

Martin Niemöller was a Lutheran pastor in Germany.  

A baseball cap is a style of choice for most teenagers.  But 18-year-old Madieng wore a cap for eight years to hide a large growth over his eye.  

More than 1,300 volunteers from 50 countries serve with Mercy Ships every year.  

Vanessa Rush Southern is a minister who lives in India. She recognizes the power of words to touch hearts.

Here on our hospital ships, when patients are discharged from the rehabilitation tent, they undergo a very formal process of… the discharge dance!