Mercy Ships Patient

Patient stories of hope

When Edith was 7, a tumor started growing on her face—just like the giant one on her mother’s face.

Ashamed of the tumor that was destroying his life, Ernest hid in the dark.

Both sisters where born blind and their mother thought she was cursed...

Unable to breastfeed because of her cleft palate, Haingo was slowly starving to death.

Born with bowed legs, David faced a lifetime of pain without surgery...

Jacques and his sisters Marie and Elodie were all blind from cataracts…

Maurinho was born with severely bowed legs that made even standing and walking nearly impossible.

When Miracle was born with a deformed leg, her mother Sylvie worried desperately.

When Juste's cyst continued to grow, his mother could only pray.

When Isabelle's tumor began to grow, her happy childhood took a turn.

For years, Mary's tumor grew. It covered her eye and caused her classmates to relentlessly taunt her.

Prinscio was ashamed of his twisted feet. Now he's excited to run and play like other kids.