Achievements

Since 1978…

Mercy Ships has provided services in developing nations valued at more than £500 million, including the following:

• Performed more than 56,000 life-changing operations such as cleft lip and palate repair, cataract removal, orthopaedic procedures, facial reconstruction and obstetric fistula repair.
• Treated over 520,000 patients in village clinics.
• Treated over 98,000 dental patients with more than 243,000 dental procedures performed.
• Trained over 29,000 local health care professionals who have in turn trained many others.
• Taught 138,000 local people in basic health care.
• Completed over 1,095 community development projects focusing on water and sanitation, education, infrastructure development and agriculture.