Three Massachusett nurses recently flew to Port-au-Prince for a weeklong stint helping victims of last January’s earthquake. They all work together on the hospital’s orthopedic floor, where they tend to patients with limb injuries. They will return with three more of their colleagues for a second stint in September as well.
“I have always wanted to use my nursing skills in charity work for as long as I can remember,” says Aseye Badu, a nurse from Mt Waverley in Melbourne, home after three months of voluntary work on the world’s largest charity hospital ship in Togo, West Africa. But the time was more special than that for Aseye.
It never occurred to Michiel that he would have the opportunity to directly change people's lives . “I had this thought about a year ago that I was going to come to Africa and teach. But I'm not a teacher at all. It wasn't until I got here that I realized how that idea would materialize.” Health care may be the main purpose of Mercy Ships, but Michiel is a superb example of how Mercy Ships makes a difference in people's lives outside of the hospital – through capacity building.
Come with us as we take another close look at the unique world of Mercy Ships. You will meet Jack Bolding, a 7 year old boy with a huge heart for Haiti, and how he single handedly raises money to help Mercy Ships continue to bring hope and healing to this devastated country. Mercy Ships remains committed to long term support for the people of Haiti. In our series on how Mercy Ships builds capacity for the future, we hear from Dr. Glenn Strauss on how the Alcon Fellowship Program educates local eye surgeons on the Africa Mercy on better cataract surgery techniques.
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