Mercy Ships is a pioneering international health charity. Our hospital ships bring free, life-changing surgeries to women, men and children across sub-Saharan Africa. In partnership with African nations, we train healthcare professionals, we build stronger medical services, and we fight for the health of everyone.
In low-income and lower-middle-income countries, nine out of ten people have no access to basic surgical care. Our charity hospital ships sail directly to these people to offer the medical care they need – for free.
The Mercy Ships crews of the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy are led by a team of volunteers from up to 40 nations, all of whom give their time and expertise for free. Mercy Ships doesn’t just take doctors and nurses – we need all skills, we need your skills.
Since 1978, medical missions by Mercy Ships have worked with compassion in more than 56 nations, providing services worth over £1.2 billion that have helped more than 2.8 million people. Our current focus is on sub-Saharan Africa.
The Scottish maritime technology company, Tymor Marine, has completed a lightweight survey and inclining test aboard the Global Mercy using Tymor’s own digital survey technologies. The work took place...
21 August, 2026
It’s been 20 years since the Anastasis arrived in Ghana for a 10-month healthcare service that saw hundreds of lives transformed through safe surgery. Ismailia was one of those patients – a 19-year-...
17 August, 2026
Tina was born with her left foot twisted on its side. Her family tried to help her using the knowledge and resources they had at the time. Her mother, Christina, took her to a traditional healer, who ...
27 July, 2026
