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Senegal Arrival Day
We are thrilled to be in beautiful Dakar, Senegal for the next ten months! Our dedicated volunteer crew are already...
Experiencing “Mercy” Through Virtual Reality
During this year’s 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival audiences will have a chance to step onto the world’s largest...
A Hope Center for the Hopeless
Just a 15-minute walk from where the Africa Mercy is currently docked — in the port of Conakry, Guinea — sits a...
Putting Data to Work
Mercy Ships was recently chosen by Deloitte and Qlik as the benefitting nonprofit organization for the 2018...
International Nurses Day: A Voice to Lead
This year, the International Council of Nurses is honoring nurses as global game-changers who have the ability to...
Bringing Hope and Healing
Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor by mobilizing people and resources worldwide, and serving...
Capturing the Moment
Photographs allow powerful stories to unfold through brief moments captured on camera. One photograph taken by...
An Impact for Life
Manda, a participant in the Mercy Ships’ Food for Life program in Madagascar, has successfully created a cassava...
It Only Takes a Little to Help a Lot!
What if all it took to help save a life was a few extra chores and a willingness to give? One 9-year-old discovered...
2018 Mercy Ships Giving Catalog
During the holidays, we focus on gifts—both giving and receiving—for ourselves and people we care about. We spend...
Medical Capacity Building Projects
If we had our way, we would put ourselves out of business. While that might seem strange to say, it’s true. Our...
Pioneering Technology
Screening patients for surgery with the Africa Mercy comes with its challenges. Each year thousands of local...
Preparing to Receive First Patients in Cameroon
The Africa Mercy has arrived in Cameroon. The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, operated by...
Celebrating Nurses!
There’s nothing typical about providing life-saving medical procedures for free, but on the Africa Mercy such...
Stena Line Enters Into a Long-Term Partnership with Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships and Stena Line, the world’s largest privately owned ferry company, have decided to enter a long-term...