“Thank you” is an ordinary expression of appreciation. And one we hear often at Mercy Ships.

Isaac works as an architect in Ghana. One day, he decided to volunteer on board the Africa Mercy as a birthday gift to himself.

Imagine living where medical care was not only expensive but nearly impossible to find. Many of our patients live in this reality.

Hounsigbo worked hard for her family in Togo. Every day she would walk to the forest to cut trees and make mats out of their branches.

Some female Mercy Ships crew members in Madagascar visited a women’s prison in their free time. 

The condition of patients we see on board our hospital ships are unimaginable.

When Cara Stafford came to volunteer as a nurse with Mercy Ships, it was her first time in West Africa.

Mercy Ships offers so much more than free surgery on board our hospital ships. 

Blessing was only 8 years old when she boarded the Africa Mercy in search of healing years ago.

Being away from your friends as a teenager can be hard. Even when you’re serving with your family.