Achievements

Since 1978…

Mercy Ships has provided services in developing nations valued at more than £600 million, including the following:

• Performed more than 61,000 life-changing operations such as cleft lip and palate repair, cataract removal, orthopaedic procedures, facial reconstruction and obstetric fistula repair
• Treated over 539,000 patients in village clinics
• Treated over 109,000 dental patients with more than 278,000 dental procedures performed
• Trained more than 5,770 local health-care teachers who have in turn trained many others
• Trained over 29,400 local professionals in their area of expertise (e.g. surgery, anaesthesiology, midwifery, leadership)
• Taught over 150,000 local people in basic health care
• Completed over 1,100 community development projects focusing on water and sanitation, education, infrastructure development and agriculture.