Patient Stories

A Body Healed is a Life Transformed

They are daughters, wives, mothers, sons, and fathers. Behind every face, there's a name and a heart that holds a dream. Here are their stories.

Emmanuel, maxillofacial patient, with his mother wearing a christmas hat.

The Greatest Gift: Hope for Emmanuel

This Christmas, you have the power to transform more lives like Emmanuel's.

Aly Hall and Catherine Conteh together in front of the Global Mercy after not seeing each other for 30 years.

Let’s Make a Difference With Generosity and Gratitude

Join us today and be part of a global generosity movement! Every act of generosity counts.
Lucy, maxillofacial patient, the morning of her hospital admission.

Resilience in the Face of Pain: Lucy's Story

Her surgery to remove a tumor lasted 5 hours, requiring a team of 4 surgeons and scrub nurses – and it was a success!
Anjara

Mercy Ships Welcomes Anjara, First Cleft Lip Patient in Madagascar

On May 28th 2024, Anjara became the first patient to receive free life-changing cleft lip surgery from Mercy Ships in Madagascar.
Muriella

Muriella’s Journey of Hope

Meet Muriella years after surgery! She lived with a facial tumor for years, then Mercy Ships returned to Madagascar.

Story of Malang

Malang: Two Hours of Surgery, A Lifetime of Transformation

Malang was 2 years old when his legs first started curving outward. Discover how a 2 hour surgery on the Global Mercy fixed his bowed legs!

The real change comes when we all work together.

No one should feel isolated from their community because they can’t access medical care. Help us bring hope and healing to those in need. So they can live with purpose and meaning in their communities.

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