Real Stories

There is a universal principle of childhood physics that we all remember well: the joy of spinning in circles. Perhaps it was spinning while locking hands with a playmate, in
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You’d better find a translator quick – because Hasanatu has a lot to say. Known affectionately by crew as Mama H, Hasanatu had surgery in January to remove a massive
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2:45am DING – DONG … “Emergency medical team, report to A Ward immediately. Emergency medical team, report to A Ward immediately.” 16 simple words, yet so much impact. Our entire
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Twelve-year-old Fanie came to the Africa Mercy  in Sierra Leone in 2011.   His deformed legs prevented him from walking. In spite of relentless mocking, he had a joyful spirit
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The President of Guinea, His Excellency Professor Alpha Condé, recently said that, “the restorative surgeries provided by Mercy Ships also restore hope to every Guinean.” The following story of a
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What could possibly compel a poor woman in West Africa to travel over 1000 kilometers – a journey that would take six months and exhaust all of her resources and
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Fodé had been living in quiet isolation for more than a year when the Africa Mercy hospital ship arrived in Conakry, Guinea. Fodé is deaf and mute from a childhood
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Fooday started life tenuously, but medical care provided by Mercy Ships in West Africa has brought healing to his body and hope to his family. “Fooday was born prematurely,” said
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Tori Hobson has a full heart. “Seeing the transformations is amazing,” she said. “Miracles happen before our eyes here.” Tori, 24, volunteers as a ward administrator in the Africa Mercy’s
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Hadiatou was born with a cleft lip, a condition so repugnant and frightening to the people in her village that they believed she should not be given a name. Even
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