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Matron Betsy Deen is Transforming Healthcare
at Freetown’s Largest Hospital

Matron Deen became a familiar face who helped bridge the connection between Mercy Ships and the healthcare staff she oversees in Freetown’s largest government hospital.

Revolutionize Dental Care Across West Africa

Guinea’s only public dental school celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art training facility, which more than doubles capacity for dental students to learn, practice and treat patients while addressing the critical gap in accessing dental care.
Nurses at the operation room at the Freedom from Fistula Center.

Free Fistula Surgeries

Mercy Ships and Freedom From Fistula have a long-standing relationship spanning decades. In the mid-2000s, Mercy Ships established the Aberdeen Women’s Center to provide free obstetric fistula care in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Presidential Visit

Mercy Ships Welcomes Presidential Visit on board, in Toamasina Harbor

Presidential Visit: Malagasy president His Excellency Andry Nirina Rajoelina visited patients and volunteers on board Mercy Ships’ hospital vessel to see for himself the lives being transformed.
Ishaka Sesay

Day of the Seafarer: One Maritime Volunteer’s Story

On this Day of the Seafarer, Mercy Ships wants to honor all the people like Ishaka, volunteer assistant bosun on board the Global Mercy.
Doctors with a patient

The MSC Foundation, The MSC Group and Mercy Ships International Join Forces to Build a New Hospital Ship

The new purpose-built hospital ship will expand the impact of Mercy Ships in sub-Saharan Africa.
Florence Bangura

International Women’s Day: Florence Bangura’s Story

Florence’s journey from oldest to newest Mercy Ship came full circle when she met the Global Mercy™ in 2023, the same year that the purpose-built hospital ship began welcoming its patients on board. Today, you can find Florence, now 49 years old, down in the engine room as a hotel engineering assistant.
Dr. Austin Demby

Transforming Sierra Leone’s Healthcare

As experts from the surgical and healthcare world gather for the 64th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting of the West African College of Surgeons in Sierra Leone this week, a profound dedication to advancing surgical knowledge and practice in the region is palpable.
Volunteer Sandra Lako

The Next Chapter in Sierra Leone

Growing up on board the floating hospitals of Mercy Ships, Dr. Sandra Lako’s childhood was anything but normal. She was just a teenager when she first sailed into Sierra Leone and encountered a country that would define the course of her life.
Blood donors day

World Blood Donor Day

In a traditional medical setting, donors can be recruited ahead of time at blood drives, and their life-saving gifts can be sealed in bags and stored for later use. A Mercy Ships hospital, cut off from resources back home, is different. It must rely on the people who staff it.
World Health Day

Raising the Bar for Safe Surgical Care on World Health Day

Dr. Juliette Tuakli speaks on what the theme for this year’s World Health Day, “Health for All,” really looks like on the continent of Africa.

Mercy Ships Canada and Foresight for IT Celebrate 5 Years of Corporate Social Responsibility

Honoring and acknowledging the support from our vital partner, Foresight for IT, as we celebrate five years together.

Matron Betsy Deen is Transforming Healthcare
at Freetown’s Largest Hospital

Matron Deen became a familiar face who helped bridge the connection between Mercy Ships and the healthcare staff she oversees in Freetown’s largest government hospital.

Revolutionize Dental Care Across West Africa

Guinea’s only public dental school celebrated the grand opening of its state-of-the-art training facility, which more than doubles capacity for dental students to learn, practice and treat patients while addressing the critical gap in accessing dental care.
Nurses at the operation room at the Freedom from Fistula Center.

Free Fistula Surgeries

Mercy Ships and Freedom From Fistula have a long-standing relationship spanning decades. In the mid-2000s, Mercy Ships established the Aberdeen Women’s Center to provide free obstetric fistula care in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Presidential Visit

Mercy Ships Welcomes Presidential Visit on board, in Toamasina Harbor

Presidential Visit: Malagasy president His Excellency Andry Nirina Rajoelina visited patients and volunteers on board Mercy Ships’ hospital vessel to see for himself the lives being transformed.
Ishaka Sesay

Day of the Seafarer: One Maritime Volunteer’s Story

On this Day of the Seafarer, Mercy Ships wants to honor all the people like Ishaka, volunteer assistant bosun on board the Global Mercy.
Présentation à l'école Augustin-Roscelli

La passion d’un élève pour les navires-hôpitaux crée une vague de solidarité

Les élèves de l’École Augustin-Roscelli ont reçu une visite spéciale de Catherine Tremblay et Noémie Ntahonkiriye, représentantes de Mercy Ships Canada, afin de faire découvrir la mission de l’organisation ainsi que de sensibiliser à l’importance du bénévolat.
Doctors with a patient

The MSC Foundation, The MSC Group and Mercy Ships International Join Forces to Build a New Hospital Ship

The new purpose-built hospital ship will expand the impact of Mercy Ships in sub-Saharan Africa.
Florence Bangura

International Women’s Day: Florence Bangura’s Story

Florence’s journey from oldest to newest Mercy Ship came full circle when she met the Global Mercy™ in 2023, the same year that the purpose-built hospital ship began welcoming its patients on board. Today, you can find Florence, now 49 years old, down in the engine room as a hotel engineering assistant.
Dr. Austin Demby

Transforming Sierra Leone’s Healthcare

As experts from the surgical and healthcare world gather for the 64th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting of the West African College of Surgeons in Sierra Leone this week, a profound dedication to advancing surgical knowledge and practice in the region is palpable.
Volunteer Sandra Lako

The Next Chapter in Sierra Leone

Growing up on board the floating hospitals of Mercy Ships, Dr. Sandra Lako’s childhood was anything but normal. She was just a teenager when she first sailed into Sierra Leone and encountered a country that would define the course of her life.
Blood donors day

World Blood Donor Day

In a traditional medical setting, donors can be recruited ahead of time at blood drives, and their life-saving gifts can be sealed in bags and stored for later use. A Mercy Ships hospital, cut off from resources back home, is different. It must rely on the people who staff it.
World Health Day

Raising the Bar for Safe Surgical Care on World Health Day

Dr. Juliette Tuakli speaks on what the theme for this year’s World Health Day, “Health for All,” really looks like on the continent of Africa.

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