Mercy Ships wants to help change the story for the “bottom billion” of the world’s population. Most of them live in sub-Saharan Africa and have no access to safe, timely, and affordable surgery.

Finding the right person for the right job onboard our hospital ships sounds like a complex puzzle.

Dahlia was finishing her second year of university when our hospital ship arrived in her country — Madagascar. 

We could not do our life-changing medical work without the help of translators.

Somaya was born with a cleft lip and palate. People told her mother to put the baby in an orphanage. 

For the past fifty years, Felisia had lived without something we all take for granted.

Using your skills to serve others is a great way to combine career and ministry. 

The children of our volunteer crew contribute so much joy to ship life.  

Mabouba came on board our hospital ship with a deadly tumor on her face. Years of struggling to eat left her weak, and her family worried if she would even survive.