{"id":3228,"date":"2024-06-25T11:43:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T18:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.onpressidium.com\/?p=3228"},"modified":"2024-10-18T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:58:50","slug":"journee-des-gens-de-mer-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.ca\/fr\/blog\/day-of-the-seafarer-one-maritime-volunteers-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Journ\u00e9e des gens de mer : rencontrez Ishaka!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Derni\u00e8res nouvelles<\/h1>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SPX230209_SESAY_BRANDED_AB027_WIDE PS2500\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SPX230209_SESAY_BRANDED_AB027_WIDE-PS2500.jpg\" alt=\"SPX230209_SESAY_BRANDED_AB027_WIDE PS2500\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1248\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"translation-block\">En tant que membre de la communaut\u00e9 internationale vivant et travaillant \u00e0 bord du <em>Global Mercy<\/em>\u2122, Ishaka Sesay, assistant bosco b\u00e9n\u00e9vole, est conscient d\u2019\u00eatre devenu un ambassadeur de son pays, la Sierra Leone.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;That is why\u2026 people never see me with a frowning face, always with a big smile,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;That will take you a long way, toward whatever you do.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ishaka&#8217;s smile was never wider than when he personally docked the\u00a0<em>Global Mercy<\/em>\u00a0in the port of Freetown in August 2023 to launch the field service in Sierra Leone. It would be the sixth Mercy Ships field service in Sierra Leone-and for Ishaka, the moment also marked a homecoming.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;It was a big experience,&#8221; Ishaka shared &#8211; one that he literally dreamed about in the preceding nights. &#8220;Now, I&#8217;m serving my own people. There is no joy more than that.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P7GAD3X6hwE?si=qzoxcxSiIQmTZ253\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Journ\u00e9e des gens de mer 2024 - Ishaka Sesay\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7HYgtd4Dbs\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<h2>Une nouvelle vie dans un nouveau pays<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Le parcours d\u2019Ishaka avec Mercy Ships a commenc\u00e9 il y a plus de dix ans. Apr\u00e8s avoir entendu un ami s\u2019extasier sur son travail \u00e0 bord de l\u2019<em>Africa Mercy<\/em>\u00ae en Sierra Leone, Ishaka \u00e9tait pr\u00eat \u00e0 faire lui-m\u00eame l\u2019exp\u00e9rience de la vie \u00e0 bord des plus grands navires-h\u00f4pitaux civils au monde. Il s\u2019est alors rendu au B\u00e9nin en 2014, mais peu avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e pr\u00e9vue du navire, Mercy Ships a d\u00fb changer de cap en raison de l\u2019aggravation de l\u2019\u00e9pid\u00e9mie d\u2019Ebola.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;So, I was stuck,&#8221; Ishaka recounted. &#8220;We asked ourselves, &#8216;What&#8217;s next&#8217;?&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Alors il a trouv\u00e9 du travail dans le pays voisin, le Togo, aupr\u00e8s d\u2019une autre organisation humanitaire m\u00e9dicale : Believe and See (rebaptis\u00e9e plus tard Sight.org), fond\u00e9e par un ancien b\u00e9n\u00e9vole de Mercy Ships. Ishaka a obtenu une certification en st\u00e9rilisation et est all\u00e9 de village en village entre 2014 et 2018 comme st\u00e9rilisateur de chirurgie oculaire pour aider \u00e0 restaurer la vision des patients ayant un acc\u00e8s limit\u00e9 aux soins chirurgicaux.<\/p>\r\n<p>Pendant cette p\u00e9riode, Ishaka a \u00e9galement enrichi ses comp\u00e9tences en obtenant un dipl\u00f4me agricole. En aidant \u00e0 exploiter une ferme, il a rapidement \u00e9t\u00e9 en mesure de guider d\u2019autres personnes, se d\u00e9couvrant ainsi une passion pour l\u2019enseignement qui ne le quittera jamais.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Un r\u00eave devenu r\u00e9alit\u00e9 : faire partie des gens de mer des ann\u00e9es plus tard<\/h2>\r\n<p>En 2018, apr\u00e8s avoir travaill\u00e9 pendant quatre ans dans le domaine m\u00e9dical, Ishaka \u00e9tait pr\u00eat pour une nouvelle \u00e9tape. Il s\u2019est rendu au Ghana et a suivi une formation sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 maritime afin d\u2019obtenir un certificat de marin.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u00ab Dans mon esprit, quelle que soit l\u2019organisation du d\u00e9partement maritime sur le navire, j\u2019\u00e9tais s\u00fbr qu\u2019il y avait une place pour moi \u00bb, explique-t-il. Son dipl\u00f4me de marin en poche, il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 le r\u00eave qu\u2019il nourrissait depuis des ann\u00e9es en embarquant sur l\u2019<em>Africa Mercy<\/em> \u00e0 Conakry, en Guin\u00e9e. L\u00e0, ses comp\u00e9tences maritimes seraient utiles au fonctionnement du navire-h\u00f4pital et contribueraient \u00e0 apporter espoir et gu\u00e9rison gr\u00e2ce aux soins chirurgicaux gratuits dispens\u00e9s par l\u2019\u00e9quipage m\u00e9dical b\u00e9n\u00e9vole \u00e0 bord.<\/p>\r\n<p>The deck department proved to be a perfect fit for Ishaka. Bosun Lawrence Adjei from Ghana explained, &#8220;Ishaka is affable. He&#8217;s hardworking. He&#8217;s teachable, and it&#8217;s a joy working with him.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Ishaka quickly ascended through five positions over the last six years, spanning six different countries with Mercy Ships. &#8220;He&#8217;s pretty quick to learn-and also implement what he learns,&#8221; Lawrence explained. With his sights set on an officer title, Ishaka continues to level up his skills, supported by the mantra: &#8220;Life is like a camera. Develop the negatives.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Known as &#8220;Ishak&#8221; to friends, he is &#8220;Uncle Ishaka&#8221; to Bosun Lawrence&#8217;s children, who live on board with their father. &#8220;He&#8217;s a friend, and a brother besides working together,&#8221; Lawrence revealed. &#8220;The kids like to have him around.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Watching his countryman and colleague mature has been a blessing for fellow Sierra Leonean mariner Abdulai Barrie, and even &#8220;a big blessing for the country&#8221; overall.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;We need to learn from Ishaka,&#8221; Abdulai said. &#8220;He&#8217;s always ready to work, and he is always ready to volunteer, so that is one of the reasons he&#8217;s up there, and he always respects others. How to talk to people-whether you are big or small, he gives you respect.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>For Ishaka, this attitude of encouraging others comes naturally-it&#8217;s a skill he&#8217;s finetuned throughout his lifetime. Growing up during the 12-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War as the second of eight children, caring for family became second nature. &#8220;What can I give back to my siblings? I always think of that,&#8221; he shared. And for Ishaka, volunteering on board means this family has now grown: &#8220;Always remember that Mercy Ships is a family.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>And Ishaka isn&#8217;t the only Sierra Leonean on board committed to serving his fellow countrypeople. On the\u00a0<em>Global Mercy<\/em>\u00a0in Freetown, the deck department currently counts 10 Sierra Leoneans new to Mercy Ships among its crew.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;Open your mind,&#8221; Ishaka encourages them. &#8220;When you stay in your house, you only know the things about your house, but Mercy Ships has exposed me to the world. My thinking-my worldview is different.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SLF231101_DECK_SESAY_TT007_HI-1024x683\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SLF231101_DECK_SESAY_TT007_HI-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"SLF231101_DECK_SESAY_TT007_HI-1024x683\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Ishaka Sesay, assistant bosco entrain de travailler sur le pont. \u00a9 Mercy Ships<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Vous souhaitez d\u00e9velopper vos comp\u00e9tences, servir les autres et vous ouvrir au monde? 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