by Sue | Nov 23, 2023 | Blogs, Medical, Stories, Volunteers
During Spring 2023, seven mentee surgeons boarded the Global Mercy™ while the hospital ship was docked in the west African nation of Senegal. Dr. Alida Ngandjio Sidi, a paediatric surgeon originally from Cameroon, came on board with confidence. She knew this was where...
by Sue | Nov 22, 2023 | Blogs, Children, General, Patients, Stories, Volunteers
Ngordy Sow was working as a national interpreter with Mercy Ships in his home country of Senegal when he received his next assignment. He was asked to care for a new patient, a young boy named Mamadou, who was on board the Africa Mercy® to receive surgery for a...
by Sue | Nov 15, 2023 | Blogs, Medical, Stories, Uncategorized, Volunteers
While the Africa Mercy® and Global Mercy™ were docked in Senegal, volunteer physical therapists from all around the world came on board for months at a time to offer their skills and expertise. More than 350 patients came across many different volunteers on the...
by Sue | Nov 7, 2023 | Blogs, Stories
In October 2022, five dental students from Guinea boarded a plane to Casablanca, Morocco. The following year, five more students joined them. These young dentists form the pilot group of Mercy Ships’ dental education sponsorship program – a new program focused not...
by Sue | Nov 2, 2023 | Blogs, Men, Patients, Stories
After 56 years with a cleft lip, it took just a two-hour surgery to change Samba’s life. Samba, a widower with four children, worked as a cattle farmer in rural Senegal, where he faced discrimination due to his lifelong condition. He had grown used to his cleft lip...
by Mel | Oct 4, 2023 | Blogs, Patients, Stories, Women
The last time Catherine Conteh saw the deeply familiar smile in front of her in Freetown, it was under dramatically different circumstances. Fresh off the plane from Australia on Sunday, Catherine arrived on the dock beside the Global Mercy™ where she was greeted by...
by Mel | Sep 26, 2023 | Blogs, Stories
Following a series of recent meetings between the Ministry of Health and Mercy Ships, the Africa Mercy® has officially been welcomed to return to Madagascar for her next field service. The hospital ship is planned to initially dock in the port of Toamasina in February...
by Mel | Sep 13, 2023 | Media Releases, Men, Patients, Stories
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 – A 43-year-old man who feared he would have to live with a tumour on his face for life was the first patient to receive a life-changing surgery on board the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™...
by Mel | Sep 5, 2023 | Blogs, Patients, Stories, Women
There was much excitement on board the Global Mercy™ recently as a young woman named Hawa climbed up the gangway. Hawa, an aspiring nurse from Sierra Leone, had never set foot on this brand-new hospital ship. But she has walked this swaying path over the water...
by Mel | Aug 28, 2023 | Blogs, Medical, Stories, Volunteers
As a young boy, Dr. Abraham Camara was puzzled when relatives, friends, and neighbours came to seek medical help from his father, a high school teacher. “He was the only person who had gone to university, and he worked for the government,” explained Dr. Camara. Thus,...
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