On Sunday mornings down on one of the wards, something special happens. Patients, staff and Mercy Shippers gather to praise God and worship together... The songs are African and sung whole heartedly, accompanied by drums and various other percussion instruments, with clapping and dancing, by the patients and day workers alike.
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Four years ago, Jessie Haury got a phone call she'll never forget. It was her best friend and fellow nursing student Sarah Whitlock. The 23-year-old was calling to say hello and commiserate about a tough college assignment. But Whitlock said something that surprised her friend. She told Haury she had a feeling they'd never fulfill their goal of making it aboard a Mercy Ship...
Ali Herbert, a nurse from Gloucester, is running this year’s Virgin London Marathon in aid of Mercy Ships, the international charity that provides free medical and humanitarian care to some of the world’s poorest people.
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During the Togo Field Service, Mercy Ships will be testing a new format for screening patients. Several pre-screenings will be conducted from February until April – in multiple locations rather than one mass screening.
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As part of my job I help oversee the medical equipment used for our off-ship dental clinic. This clinic is where we provide free dental work for the people of Togo. It can include fillings, cleanings, tooth removals and abscess removals.
The Mercy Ship, the Africa Mercy, arrived in the port of Lomé in Togo after a 10-day sail from Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. The Africa Mercy will be serving the forgotten poor of Togo until late August 2010.
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It was the first week of business school at Thunderbird School of Global Management, and you could see the eager anticipation on all the faces that came pouring into the AT&T auditorium. Dressed up in our best business suits and toting matching portfolios carrying dozens of resumes securely under our arms, we excitedly took our seats to listen to one of our first presentations in this new era of our lives. As we waited patiently for the presentation to start, a kind looking man with brilliant white hair named Don Stephens walked to the podium and started speaking about an organization called Mercy Ships and its mission to bring hope and healing to the forgotten poor by mobilizing people and resources worldwide.
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People may assume that the large anchor marking the entrance to the Mercy Ships Operations Center came from a former Mercy Ship. But the surprising origin of the anchor, now part of Mercy Ships lore, is made up of fact and mystery.
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Imagine you are the Dronning Ingrid: a rail ferry that chugs across the Baltic Sea connecting Danish islands. You are content, your flat bottom sails smoothly across the sea, transporting your cargo. Then they build a road....a road that connects your two islands, and you’re just not so popular anymore... and suddenly there is hope for you.
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Click here to read the latest edition of the Mercy Ships Alumni newsletter!
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Aboard a three-month Mercy Ship mission, Nick cared for West African people who suffer from terrible living conditions and difficult access to health care. "I saw pretty quickly that Liberia was a country that has been wracked by civil war for 14 years. It was clear I had come from the land of ‘haves’ to a country of ‘have-nots’," says the 46-year-old.
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Karl Schmutter, has spent the past two years working as a volunteer on the world’s largest charity hospital ship, but for most of that time the ship has not been at sea. And he did not work in the hospital. Karl joined the volunteer crew of the Africa Mercy two years ago in Tenerife and sailed to the West African nation of Liberia where the ship was docked for ten months. Last year he spent ten months onboard the ship in another West African nation, Benin, before sailing back to Tenerife and flying home to Australia.
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A little over thirteen years ago, longtime resident and Pensacola native Paul Tonetti embarked upon a ten-year, life-changing voyage. About a year prior to his journey, the pastor of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, Dr. Herb Sadler, told Paul that God had a purpose for him— but his mission would not be here at home. Paul was intrigued by the message. How was he going to find this mission, and where was it going to take him?
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José Uroz Tristán from La Palmas de Gran Canaria, attached to the Canary Health Service (SCS) will fly to the Republic of Haiti tomorrow to assist with medical work after Wednesday's earthquake.
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Our Disaster Relief Mercy Team’s response is mobilizing to address both medical and non-medical relief,
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A GRANDFATHER will this week swap shivering South Tyneside for tropical Africa as he heads out on his third mercy mission. Derek Lloyd, 70, has again volunteered to serve on the Africa Mercy, a ship bringing vital medical and comminity aid to some of the poorest people in the world.
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So many mixed emotions at this point in my journey- I've anticipated this since last February, and even more, have wanted to go on the Mercy Ships since I was probably a freshman in high school. This is my hope- while I am truly excited and a little anxious about my trip, I want to stay connected to the present moment.
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The Africa Mercy has almost 400 hundred crew members serving onboard. The crew is extremely diverse, coming from over 30 countries and ranging in age, profession, and length of service. But they share a commonality - everyone needs to eat. In West Africa, access to food supplies is limited, and most crew members don't have personal space for food storage onboard. Various jobs on the ship have immediate and time-consuming needs, which don't allow time for food preparation.
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"Just try it - do something for someone else, no matter how small." It makes you feel so much better and gives perspective on your own problems," Siphokazi Gwani advised in a recent interview with Fresh Living, the magazine of South Africa’s largest food retailer, Pick n Pay. More popularly known as Mampho, Siphokazi is no stranger to helping the less fortunate. After seven years of employment with Standard Bank and Diners Club, she joined Mercy Ships in 2007 as a volunteer accountant onboard the Anastasis.
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