A few weeks ago the UK government recognised the importance of seafarers and officially classified them as keyworkers. Seafarers not only keep our world and supply chains connected, but through Mercy Ships they help provide free healthcare to people in desperate need in nations with...
Medical capacity building works. That is why Mercy Ships put it at the forefront of our work to ensure that everyone has access to safe, affordable surgery. While our programmes team continues to focus on strengthening healthcare systems in African nations, one of our training...
During Mental Health Awareness Week, Mercy Ships launched the first of several eLearning training courses in basic safety and well-being. These courses, in both French and English, highlight our commitment to our West African colleagues and partners who are facing COVID-19. The first course was titled...
Mercy Ships UK has appointed Joanne Balaam as Acting Executive Director. Joanne has served at Mercy Ships UK and its US counterpart supporting Finance and Operations and most recently as the Deputy Executive Director of Mercy Ships UK. She succeeds Lea Milligan, who is moving to a new role...
Wow! Thank you for supporting Mercy Ships on Giving Tuesday Now, the special day of charitable giving in response to the coronavirus pandemic on the 5th May 2020. We are so proud of our amazing Mercy Ships family. It was a truly humbling experience to...
Each Thursday, we have all been on our doorsteps and leaning out of our windows cheering, clanging saucepans together and clapping with gusto for NHS and key workers across the UK: our heroes in these challenging times. Now there is an exciting new opportunity for...
A global threat like COVID-19 touches every person on the planet, and it presents an opportunity to come together as a community. You may remember Giving Tuesday from December when the Mercy Ships community came together to raise more than £20,000 in a single day to provide free...
Whether you partner with Mercy Ships through prayer, financial support or as a volunteer, you are a vital part of our family. Your dedication and generosity have provided free, life-changing surgeries to people in need for more than 40 years. During this time of stress and...
Many of our volunteers have returned home to help their national health services combat the coronavirus. Volunteers like Michelle White (read her story here). It isn’t just our volunteers, some of our staff, who used to be medics, have returned to help in these difficult times, like Kirsty...
Mercy Ships is donating much needed N95 respirator masks from our main supply warehouse in America to the East Texas local healthcare and first responders in order to meet the increased need for protective equipment amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. The N95 masks were part of...
LONDON UK - 3 April 2020 - Only a few months ago, Paediatric Anaesthetist Michelle White MB ChB DCH FRCA was serving the people of Senegal onboard the Africa Mercy, the world’s largest charity-run hospital ship. Now she is back home in the thick of...