Brad Rauch loves traveling through Africa. And when he’s on safari in South Africa, he and his wife Joyce help out in orphanages.

Communicating with patients onboard our hospital ships can be challenging. 

Five-year-old Dakota Pitts asked his mom if one of his dad’s fellow police officers could escort him to school. You see, it was his first day back after his father was killed in the line of duty. 

Deborah Mockli volunteers as a nurse onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. 

Victoria has silver eyes that sparkle in the sunlight and a smile that brightens her whole face. But she didn’t feel beautiful.  

Emma Campbell was a college student in Gainesville, Florida. One day she looked out the window of her apartment, and she saw some teens playing in the building’s eight-foot-deep pool.

Many children in Africa suffer burn injuries without available medical care. 

Heather Clark’s seven-month-old son, Lukas, died in 2013, and his mother donated his organs. 

Many people dread going to the dentist. The sound of the drill, the smell of the antiseptic and the sensation of that needle pushing its way into your gum are not pleasant memories.

In 1912, teenager Esther Pettersson left Sweden to work with the Salvation Army among lepers in Java, Indonesia. She learned to bandage, feed and dress her patients.