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For Sustainable EH&S Solutions & Online MSDS Management, Mercy Ships Selects MSDSonline
Garden Valley, TX (September 2, 2010) – Operating the world’s largest charity hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, and providing world-class health care services to areas of substantial need around the world, Mercy Ships is a global organization with global environmental, health and safety (EH&S) challenges. To meet those challenges, Mercy Ships chose industry-leader, MSDSonline, for its on-demand material safety data sheet (MSDS) management and compliance solutions.
Mercy Ships Presented $93,000 gift for Haiti Recovery Effort
Mercy Ships was presented a $93,000 gift today for their ongoing relief efforts in Haiti by The Million Dollar Round Table Foundation.
Cuna Eases Africa Mercy Communication
Cuna's generosity when partnering with Mercy Ships was timely and much appreciated.
Texas Philanthropist, Annette Simmons, joins forces with Mercy Ships to bring hope and healing
Garden Valley, Texas, August 4, 2010 - Mercy Ships announced today that Mrs. Annette Simmons has given a gift of stock in the amount of $1,015,635.19, that will be utilized to provide hope and healing to the forgotten poor. In making this announcement, Don Stephens, Founder and President of Mercy Ships, stated, “The world wide economic situation has been difficult for all charities, and annually the slowest month of the year is August. This gift could not have come at a better time as the needs of the poor know no calendar. We are honored and blessed to have Annette come forward to join us and provide an opportunity of life to those we serve.
Mercy Ships Releases Abel Dalome Just in Time for Father’s Day - A Father’s Dream Becomes a Reality
Thanks to Mercy Ships, Abel Dalome, disfigured for 11 years, will walk home a different way. His legs will be in front of him instead of behind him. His father’s dream is now a reality thanks to the 474 volunteer hospital ship docked in Lomé.
Mercy Ships Denmark Announces New National Director
The board of Mercy Ships Denmark is pleased to announce the confirmation of Jens-Erik Engelbrecht as National Director Mercy Ships Denmark effective immediately.
Connections | A Mercy Ships Update | May 2010
In this month's webisode, our host, Dr. Andy Rosson, continues to bring us news from the unique world of Mercy Ships. He talks about the Presidential visit to the Africa Mercy, find out more about the Academy staff's odyssey to Kenya to attend a conference and ask visiting US Congressman, Louie Gohmert to share his impressions after his visit to the Africa Mercy.
Mercy Ships Announces Sierra Leone Field Service
Mercy Ships has selected Sierra Leone as the site for the 2011 Field Service for the world’s largest charity hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. This will be the fourth time that Mercy Ships has delivered free world-class medical care to the impoverished West African nation. The protocols and Memoranda of Understanding were recently signed. The Sierra Leone government was represented by The Honourable Vice President, Sam-Sumana, and Mercy Ships was represented by Mr. Don Stephens, Founder and President. The agreement provides the necessary collaboration with the Sierra Leone government in regard to the port, security, water and sanitation. It also opens the door for the Mercy Ships Advance Team to do the preliminary work necessary for the upcoming Field Service.
Mercy Ships Founder Speaks in Ottawa and Toronto
Canadian parliamentarians, diplomats, donors and alumni gathered at three receptions in Ottawa and Toronto March 24 and 25 to hear Mercy Ships Founder and President Don Stephens present the work of the international hospital ship charity that provides medical and developmental programs free of charge to the forgotten poor.
Mercy Ships Information Services Receives Grant from USAID ASHA
Email and technology upgrades have been made possible by a generous USAID-ASHA grant to Mercy Ships, a global charity that provides medical services and training, as well as infrastructure development and health care capacity building, to areas of natural disaster or chronic need. USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) is providing a $500,000 grant through ASHA (American Schools and Hospitals Abroad).
Mercy Ships Holland
Twenty years ago today, the Rotterdam office of Mercy Ships Holland was established. In 1990, the former flagship of the Mercy Ships, the Anastasis, first came to the Netherlands, on its way to the African continent for the first time. In that year, Captain Menno Gort with his family and nurse Jelly van der Wal disembarked ship to return home to their country and to found Mercy Ships Holland.
Scottish Young Farmers Support Young African Farmers
Young farmers in Africa are set to benefit from the efforts of young farmers in Scotland thanks to a unique partnership between the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC), Robert Wiseman Dairies and the international charity Mercy Ships.
Connections: A Mercy Ships Update | March 2010
In this month's webisode, our host, Dr. Andy Rosson, continues to bring us news from the unique world of Mercy Ships. He finds out what it takes to prepare for the Africa Mercy's arrival to a new port, introduces you to our newest International Board Member and reports about a concert in New Zealand and the Africa Ball in the UK.
DANA PERINO: Restoring Hope for Women In Africa
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino talks about her recent trip to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to learn about maternal and child health, girls’ education and women’s empowerment in Africa.
Former VP of the Democratic Republic of Congo Speaks To Mercy Ships
Watch recent TV news coverage of Azarias Manywa Ruberwa, the Former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, during his address to Mercy Ships personnel at the global charity’s international headquarters in Garden Valley, Texas.
Azarias Manywa Ruberwa Brings Greetings from Africa
Azarias Manywa Ruberwa, the Former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, addressed Mercy Ships personnel at the global charity’s international headquarters in Garden Valley, Texas. Born in 1964, Ruberwa was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2003-2006. He has been president of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie since 2003 and was an unsuccessful candidate for president in 2006. He is a member of the Banyamulenge community of South Kivu, who belong to the Tutsi tribe. Ruberwa was trained as a lawyer and is practicing law in Kinshasa today.
Mercy Ships Assessing Need in Haiti
Mercy Ships has mobilized its Disaster Response Team to address the destruction that has occurred in Haiti. This Team has been designed to assess and activate Mercy Ships volunteers and assets to address specific need in relation to medical and nonmedical issues. The execution of our Disaster Response will continue for many months and possibly years to address all that has happened to the people of Haiti.
Mercy Ships Concludes Benin Field Service with Record Results
Due to the combined efforts of 454 crew members from over 40 nations and the support of our state-of-the-art hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, 97,625 total procedures were performed and 67,219 lives were impacted as direct beneficiaries of our state-of-the-art hospital ship.
Mercy Ships and Bethesda Open Dorm for Training Facility
Partnership with Bethesda Opens Dormitory Hévié Benin, September 17, 2009 - Located about 22 miles west from the port of Cotonou in a village called Hévié is a piece of land that belongs to Bethesda, a local faith-based organization. This strip of land is dedicated to health and social developmental programs. Working in partnership with Bethesda during this year’s field service in Benin, Mercy Ships developed this land into an agricultural training center called “Food for Life”; incorporating a three month agriculture training program.
Mercy Ships Honored from the US House Floor
Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to deliver free, world class health services to those without access in the developing world. Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships has worked in more than 70 countries, providing life-saving and life-enhancing services to more than 2.16 million direct beneficiaries.
