Katie Henderson is the very definition of an international nurse. The 25-year-old from Nairn, Scotland, is just one of the international nurses aboard charity hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, docked at Dakar in Senegal, West Africa. In fact, she is just one of a varied crew made...
An estimated 93% of the people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to safe surgery. Each of those people has a name, a face, and a story. Like Marie Madeleine, a teenager in Senegal who struggled to get to school before she received surgery to straighten her...
UK couple cycling across the globe to raise funds for Mercy Ships forced to take a detour due to COVID-19 restrictions A resilient couple who were cycling from Tooting to Tokyo to raise money for life-changing surgery in the world’s poorest countries have had to rethink...
A grandmother of six from Gamlingay in South Cambridgeshire is walking 500 miles to help bring life-changing surgery to the world’s poorest nations. Dawn Martin celebrated her 69th birthday just days after she started walking the full length of the Camino de Santiago from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port from...
The Charity of the Year partnership comes at a pivotal time for healthcare in Africa, with the need for safe, accessible surgery more critical than ever after COVID-19 The Global Mercy a new, purpose-built hospital and medical training ship will double the impact of...
For a child in a low-income country, an unmet medical need creates a ripple effect. Often, it means that child is unable to go to school. Without an education, the trajectory of their whole life will change. “That child might have amazing potential,” said Dr Miriam John,...
Alastair Edwards rose from able seaman to the third officer and then the second officer during ten months volunteering onboard the hospital ship the Africa Mercy. He looks back at his rewarding but demanding time in the second instalment of his Mercy Ships journey. Alastair Edwards...
A determined former GP who suffers a number of health conditions ran the Manchester Marathon yesterday (April 3rd) to bring life-changing surgery to the world’s poorest nations. Ruth Stunell from Rawtenstall, Lancashire, says her own health issues have made her realise how crucial the work of...
Nurse Rachel Greenland from Devon is preparing to volunteer for Mercy Ships for the 15th time. But what keeps her coming back? In the second instalment following what inspires her returns, Rachel tells us in her own words what makes volunteering so worthwhile for her...
Dr Michael Spence, President & Provost at UCL, is announced as Mercy Ships UK’s new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Dr Spence moved from Australia last year to lead UCL, a top ten university in the QS World University Rankings. He is a respected legal...
Kind-hearted Anna Gray did something very special on her tenth birthday – she helped bring life-changing surgery to the world’s poorest nations. Anna from Belfast asked her friends to donate to Mercy Ships as her late father often did before he died. Dr John Gray was a...
