Nurse Rachel Greenland has volunteered onboard Mercy Ships hospital ships for 20 years, using her expertise to help answer patients’ prayers: “Many people have prayed for someone to help them for years – being part of the answer to their prayers is incredible.” Next month,...
Richard O’Shea has spent his life as a seafarer, but no ship impacted him the way the Global Mercy did, when he first stepped onboard: “I have been onboard thousands of ships, but it was amazing – a purpose-built hospital ship and on such a...
The sun shone brightly when the yellow ambulance of Stichting WensAmbulance Oost-Nederland arrived, right next to the Global Mercy, setting off bright white against the clear blue sky. It was a very special day for 87-year-old Mrs Teuna Damming. Her greatest wish was to admire the Global Mercy up...
HRH The Princess Royal became Patron of Mercy Ships International in 2021, and today commemorated the launch of the charity’s new hospital ship, the Global Mercy. She travelled to Rotterdam today to meet Medical & Maritime volunteers who are preparing to sail to Africa...
Volunteering for Mercy Ships has been a transformational experience for great-grandfather Alan Hitchborn. After the loss of his beloved wife, the veteran baker felt he needed to discover new purpose and meaning and he found that onboard the hospital ship, the Africa Mercy. He explains...
A grandmother of five who had a fear of public speaking is standing down from the lectern after raising £76,000 delivering more than 270 speeches about Mercy Ships. Retired nurse Frances King, 75, from Lancashire - who worked in the NHS for 48 years - has...
Ruth Cooper believes teaching has always been her blood and, combined with a sense of adventure, the 45-year-old has found her perfect niche teaching onboard a hospital ship bound for west Africa. Since she was a little girl, Ruth Cooper’s favourite thing to do was to...
Matthieu Bhoyroo is about to head to Senegal, West Africa, to take on a role at an extremely exciting time for Mercy Ships – and for him personally. Here is his story. As the pandemic took hold in 2020, many found themselves in a period of...
If you had a career break, how would you use it? Travel? Perhaps spend time on a new interest to develop yourself professionally? Learn about different cultures? Nurse Jenny Powell discovered it could be all these and more when she volunteered for Mercy Ships. Nurse Jenny...
When Carey Anne Dooley started volunteering for Mercy Ships teaching children in an accredited school onboard a hospital ship, the 35-year-old realised she had a lot in common with her pupils. Moving to a brand-new environment and school as a child can be a daunting prospect....
Volunteer surgeon Dr Mark Shrime, believes he has learnt as much as he has taught during his many years at Mercy Ships. Working with a global network of surgeons has been a constant learning curve for him and everyone he has worked with. Dr Shrime learned one...
