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! 

I’m sure all of us have had cancer touch our family or friends. Amy Rosewater from the Casey Cares Foundation in Baltimore reports how a young girl found a positive way to help cancer victims. 

Our Mercy Ships Outpatient Center is a place where patients recover after surgery.