Evie McGhee is very familiar with military life and frequent relocation. She moved 18 times during her husband’s 25 years of service in the Navy.

Mercy Ships offers treatment for obstetric fistula. This childbirth injury causes incontinence, isolation, rejection and deep emotional pain. But after a life-restoring surgery, it’s time to celebrate! 

It was the top of the fifth inning in a high school baseball game in Athens, Texas.

There’s something about volunteering in Africa that reduces service to its most essential elements. 

Sonia served in the U.S. Army.  She witnessed people desperately running through minefields in Afghanistan to get to food-supply trucks.

An elderly woman came to our eye clinic. She loved her 25-year-old son dearly… but she had never seen his face! You see, she’d been blind for his entire life.

It’s a big decision to serve as a volunteer onboard our hospital ships. 

Rev. Gloria Walton is an associate minister at a church in New Jersey.  But she also founded and runs a nonprofit called Most Excellent Way.

Rosie Timms volunteers onboard our hospital ship in the Admissions Tent. She finds creative ways to interact with patients.

Victoria’s face was covered in bandages, but her eyes still sparkled brightly. A crew member pulled up a chair and sat next to her on our hospital ship. Victoria immediately reached for her hand and held it.