Ernest Gordon’s book Miracle on the River Kwai tells about soldiers captured in World War II. The Japanese forced them to work on a jungle railroad.  

Mercy Ships hires locals in a host country to do various jobs onboard our hospital ship. Michal is a day-crew who serves as a translator. 

One day, the Communications team from our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, was visiting a patient in a very remote village in Guinea.  

Cross Scott is a mechanic in Tucson, Arizona. He was test-driving a customer’s car when he saw a car was on the side of the road with its hazard lights on.

Aisling Russell is a talented physiotherapist who serves onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. 

Celena Parker grew up in Denver in a family characterized by abuse and addiction. When she was 12 years old, she ran away and lived on the streets. 

Many of our Mercy Ships patients are suffering spiritually because they think their physical problem was caused by a curse. They wonder what did they do wrong. 

Melody Warnick was approaching her 37th birthday and chose a new way to celebrate. She decided to do 17 acts of kindness, since her birthday was on July 17th.

Mercy Ships is committed to helping our host countries improve their healthcare delivery.

In 1997 Nicola Allen and her husband, Aldwin, bought a historic house. They loved the house, but not the high-crime neighborhood.