Volunteer crewmembers often find unexpected opportunities for mercy when they step off our hospital ship. 

Traditional holidays can be quite different when serving on board our hospital ship.

Serving on board our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, often impacts a volunteer’s worldview.

An estimated 300 million people are blind.  Most live in the poorest countries. 

On our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, you’ll find volunteers from every corner of the earth.

Worship time in the ward on board our hospital ship is noisy.  It’s a beautiful time — everyone sings and many, dance!

Announcements echoed through the halls of our hospital ship. Calm voices requested the presence of medical team leaders. 

The wonderful crew on our hospital ship show mercy to our patients . . . and to each other. 

Mercy Ships volunteer Kathy Long describes her part in the Mercy Ships “walking blood bank".

Eight-year-old Josias desperately wanted to go to school.  But the other children ridiculed him because of a huge tumor on the right side of his face and neck.