Our hospital ship includes an accredited Academy for crew children. Volunteer teacher Gretchen Bullock felt God also wanted her to teach English to some of the patients. 

Mercy Ships volunteers come from all over the world, expecting to change lives. 

Bethany, the Mercy Ships Eye Team Coordinator, befriended a patient named Josue. 

Before Mercy Ships arrives in a country for field service, our Advance Team prepares the way. 

Jen, an operating room nurse on the Africa Mercy, describes a unique opportunity that our medical volunteers enjoy. 

Each year, about 100 babies receive free cleft lip and palate surgery on board our hospital ships. 

Dr. Gary Parker, a skilled maxillofacial surgeon, is chief surgeon onboard our hospital ship. 

The free medical care Mercy Ships provides really changes lives! Operating room nurse Jen tells one little boy's story. 

The arrival of our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, in the port of Tamatave coincided with Madagascar's celebration of the "Year of the Volunteer." 

It was Mercy Ships patient selection in Africa. Fifteen-year-old Mtombomzi sat alone, with her head bowed.