One of the specialties on board our hospital ships is plastic reconstructive surgeries.  

Many children come to our hospital ship suffering from orthopedic deformities. Others have lost the use of limbs due to severe burns. 

Tobias Klauke is a math teacher onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. One day his sixth-graders were talking about circles and the value of Pi. 

The countries Mercy Ships serves have little or no healthcare delivery system. The children suffer from orthopedic problems made much worse because of the lack of treatment.

Libby Morse volunteers on our hospital ship as a pediatric ward nurse. One day, she walked into a treatment room to grab some materials to change a dressing.

Osman Kamara was just a child when he was severely burned in a house fire in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The local hospital wanted to amputate his legs.

The countries Mercy Ships serves have little or no available healthcare. Parents with children with severe health problems have little hope. 

Several Mercy Ships crew visited a children’s hospital in The Gambia.

Breakfast onboard our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, is served at 6:30.

One of the joys of serving onboard our hospital ships is meeting our incredible patients and their families.