Our volunteer crew often find unexpected connections. Deck Cadet and 3rd Mate James Meredith discovered that he and the Captain shared the same alma mater.

Finding activities that all the kids could enjoy was challenging for the orphanage’s two caretakers.

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

The countries that Mercy Ships serves have little available healthcare. So, injuries go untreated and make life very difficult. 

Her voice resonates in the hospital ward on the Africa Mercy. Modi Assenou’s prayers have been answered, and her joy is contagious!

Beth Kirchner came to the Africa Mercy to teach Kindergarten. She taught all the usual subjects.

It was a rare occurrence. Our volunteer surgeons performed two surgeries to remove tumors from two patients, two days apart — and the patients were a mother and her son.

Mercy Ships partners with local NGOs in our Food for Life agricultural program. Marie-Louise is a program graduate.

Mercy Ships provides free surgeries in poor countries. But we also mentor local doctors so people can receive help after our ship leaves.

Barbara was an inmate in a women’s prison. When Chaplain Kay Golbeck met her, hatred seeped from every pore.