Ama wore a scarf around her head to hide the right side of her face. 

John Erickson was a missionary in Guinea when he found 10 year old Nyamah.

It's not often that our patients return to our ships years after their surgery.

For seven years Genieve has been the eyes for her three children.

63-year-old Victorie sat in church reflecting on the past 21 years. 

Adolescence is often an awkward and self-conscious time. 

Fortuné was born premature with underdeveloped lungs. He received oxygen through a tube in his nose.  

Janviera’s children studied by the kerosene lamp. Carole was the only girl of five children and loved to help her mother. 

One Friday afternoon, an elderly woman showed up at the Mercy Ship in Benin with her newborn grandson in her arms. 

When the Mercy Ship arrived in Benin, West Africa, it was just in time.