Alicia Kramer, a Mercy Ships staff member, wrote a blog about an unexpected blessing she received at an airport.

Madagascar has a population of 24 million and limited healthcare. And it’s even more difficult in remote villages. The only way to reach many villages is by air.

Dr. Sherriff from Australia was asked to speak at a community meeting onboard our hospital ship in Madagascar – which we fondly called Mada. He learned something in the process.

Imagine eighty young men, all prison inmates, singing praises to God – as invited guests at the presidential palace in Kenya, East Africa!

Obstetric fistula is a childbirth injury caused by obstructed labor. But, after a successful surgery onboard our Mercy Ship, a special ceremony is held to celebrate new life and new hope. Nurse Heidi Niclas describes this event

Jon and Kathy Heebner have BIG hearts for children. For years they have taken in many foster children, in addition to raising their own four children.

Listen as volunteer surgeon Dr. Sherriff shares how God worked in the life of one patient onboard our hospital ship

Frederic lives in a remote village in Madagascar. He works hard to grow rice, beans and peanuts to support his family. But he had to face another hard reality – healthcare in Madagascar is difficult to find.

Christians in Niger were caught up in a flood of Islamic rage in 2015. Mobs upset by the shooting of terrorists in France burned dozens of churches in the former French colony. Niger is one of the poorest countries in Africa, and congregations couldn’t afford to rebuild.

Minette is a young woman who lives in Madagascar and suffered for 16 years from a neurofibroma – a large tumor. It weighed almost nine pounds and stretched from the base of her hairline to her waist. It was a struggle to braid herown hair. Hairdressers were afraid to touch her.