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Giving Back, Changing Lives: inCruises Partners with Mercy Ships to Transform Lives in Africa
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 8, 2021 -- inCruises International, the world’s largest cruise membership club, has...
Mercy Ships and CURE International Announce Partnership Providing Surgery to Reach More Children Living with Disabilities
Mercy Ships and CURE International announced a partnership to provide specialized surgical care to children living...
Ruben S. Martin III Elected Chairman of Mercy Ships International’s Board of Directors
Highly Accomplished Business Leader and Philanthropist has been a Long-Time Board Member and Supporter of Mercy...
Mercy Ships Announces Retirement of Board Chairman Myron Ullman, Who has Been Instrumental in Achieving its Mission of Bringing Hope and Healing to the World’s Most Disadvantaged Peoples
Since he became Chairman in 2001, Mercy Ships has seen exceptional growth including reaching the milestone of...
Mercy Ships Announces the Global Mercy™, World’s Largest NGO Hospital Ship
Over 16 million people die each year due to lack of surgical care; Mercy Ships builds a response to this world problem for the future...
Mercy Ships Stands with 11 West and Central African Partner Nations in Coronavirus Fight
ACCRA GHANA – 18 June 2020 -- Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General, Ghana Health Services, took delivery of a...
Mercy Ships Mental Health Team Conducts Health and Well-Being eLearning Sessions for Caregivers in West Africa During the COVID Crisis
GARDEN VALLEY, TEXAS, 22 May 2020 – During Mental Health Awareness Week, Mercy Ships highlighted the support for...
Surgeries Have Begun in Senegal!
We are so excited to celebrate 2-year-old Saliou, our first patient of the new field service! Little Saliou...
The Africa Mercy® Arrives in Senegal
This month marks the second time that the Port of Dakar has welcomed a Mercy Ship to its shore. This time it is the...
Creating Lasting Healing
Mercy Ships Medical Capacity Building Program Of the seven billion people on the planet, five billion of them do...
Mercy Ships Signs Agreements To Return to Sierra Leone in the Future
Government of Sierra Leone renews partnership with hospital ship charity to strengthen surgical care Freetown,...
Mercy Ships Volunteers Perform 100,000th Free Surgical Procedure
7-month-old patient receives cleft lip surgery onboard world’s largest nonprofit hospital ship FOR IMMEDIATE...
Celebrating a Very Important Milestone!
Your compassionate support has helped make Mercy Ships history! For 40 years, generous supporters like you have...
Mercy Ships Volunteer Doctor Speaks on Fox News About Global Surgery Crisis
Nearly 5 billion people worldwide have little to no access to safe, affordable, and timely surgery. Mercy Ships...
World Oral Health Day, Guinea
Dr. David Ugai leads Mercy Ships dental team in Guinea teaching 13 dentists and 41 dental students while also...