As we celebrate Black History Month and this year’s theme, ‘Saluting our Sisters’, it’s an excellent opportunity to celebrate the contributions of remarkable individuals who have made a significant impact on global health. Humanitarian Awards Global published a list highlighting the 100 Most Influential Change Makers...
Mercy Ships is delighted that leading global shipbroking firm, SSY, has chosen us as their new global charity partner. SSY have for many years supported Mercy Ships through Cargo Day – the biggest online fundraising event for the maritime community. Now, the long-established shipbrokers are extending their...
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...
We are looking forward to celebrating the birth of Christ with the family of Mercy Ships, including the crew and their families and friends, our supporters, UK speakers, former ship crew and others. We really hope that you are able to attend our candlelit carol...
HRH The Princess Royal attended the Mercy Ships 45th anniversary dinner last night where she celebrated the role of volunteers in delivering the life changing work on our two hospital ships. The dinner was to launch a new Volunteer Support Fund, to enable more volunteers from...
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...
Forty-five years ago, Don and Deyon Stephens began to action a long-held dream. They wanted to convert a ship into a floating hospital, to bring safe, free surgical care to those who needed it most. They left their home in the United States, setting out into...
Dr Juliette Tuakli, Mercy Ships Diplomatic Ambassador for Africa, is uniquely positioned to speak into the need for greater access to safe surgical care across African nations. As a highly acclaimed Paediatrician and Reproductive Health specialist, as well as the Founder and Medical Director of...
Around 100 years ago, Rachel Buckingham’s grandmother became a doctor at a time when some universities in the UK still barred women from qualifying as physicians. Little did Dr Muriel Griffiths from Cardiff, Wales, know that she would inspire her descendants as she headed off to...
Mercy Ships founder Don Stephens has been presented a Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening of the GE7 African Visionary Leaders Summit in Washington DC by African dignitaries. The award was presented by Egypt’s Minister of International Co-operation of Government Rania Al-Mashat on Sunday (11th). Earlier...
I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas season with your loved ones. I’m Dr Leo Cheng, a consultant surgeon and Trustee of Mercy Ships UK. As a regular volunteer onboard our hospital ships for 20 years, I am humbled and blessed to see first-hand the...
A marine engineer instrumental in building and developing hospital ships that have transformed thousands of lives has been awarded an honorary doctorate by a Scottish university. Jim Paterson, Marine Executive Consultant for international charity Mercy Ships, was recognised with a Doctor of Engineering by Glasgow Caledonian...
Mercy Ships is a faith-based international charity that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering free, life-saving healthcare to the people who need it most. PROPELme is a lifestyle platform that aims to ‘revolutionise seafarers’ lives at sea’...
On a Friday afternoon in Senegal, crewmembers of the Africa Mercy hospital ship excitedly gazed out into the ocean from the highest deck with palpable anticipation. At the same moment, people across the world watched from home, filled with equal expectancy. “There, I can see it!”...
Pupils on hospital ship the Global Mercy were so excited to get a letter from the Queen when they sent a congratulations card for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. Teacher Kathryn Dungworth from Lancashire says the children aged six and seven wrote to the Queen as part...