The last time Catherine Conteh saw the deeply familiar smile in front of her in Freetown, it was under dramatically different circumstances. Fresh off the plane from Australia on Sunday, Catherine arrived on the dock beside the Global Mercy where she was greeted by Aly Hogarth-Hall...
UK anaesthetists volunteer in transformational surgery A 43-year-old man who feared he would have to live with a tumour on his face for life was the first patient to receive life-changing surgery onboard the Global Mercy in Sierra Leone. Two UK anaesthetists were part of the global...
Around 65 volunteers from the UK and Ireland will be volunteering onboard the Global Mercy, which has now docked in freetown, Sierra Leone in response to an invitation from the country’s president, Julius Maada Bio. It is the sixth time Mercy Ships has partnered with the...
The critical need for surgical care in David Kpakiwa’s home country of Sierra Leone could not be more tangible to him. His knowledge is based on his own painful first-hand experience. “When I was a kid, my mum got sick and she needed surgery,” he said....
Mercy Ships has a long-lasting history reaching back more than 20 years with the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Next year, the organisation will add an exciting next chapter to this story. Upon invitation by the government of Sierra Leone, Mercy Ships is pleased...
Government of Sierra Leone renews partnership with hospital ship charity to strengthen surgical care Freetown, Sierra Leone 31 May 2019 – During an audience with His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the government of Sierra Leone and Mercy Ships signed...
Alan Wolstencroft, current president of The Rotary Club of Banbury, will receive the Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s Champions of Change award in May. Alan has been chosen for his outstanding work in delivering education to children in Sierra Leone. He first became aware...