Some stories hit you right in the chest, and Mercy Ships tends to be one of them. A hospital ship sailing into West African ports, filled with volunteer surgeons, nurses, and crew members who pay ...

Nonprofit Mercy Ships converts cruise ships into floating hospitals. Its first ship was an Italian cruiseliner, while another was previously a train ferry. Its newest ship, Global Mercy, was built for ...

When most people think of cruise ships, they surely imagine floating city-like resorts with luxurious accommodations, world-class entertainment, and endless dining options. But not all passenger ships ...

The new purpose-built hospital ship will expand the impact of Mercy Ships’ life-changing surgeries, anesthetic care and surgical education for future generations of patients and healthcare ...

DAKAR, Senegal--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four-year-old Amadou was the first patient to receive a surgery on board the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy® today. Born with one windswept ...

Step aboard the world's largest civilian-run hospital ships and witness stories of compassion, courage, and healing in coastal Africa PROVO, Utah, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel, the film & TV ...

But she wasn't quite prepared for what she saw and experienced this past fall as she volunteered for a month aboard a Mercy Ship harbored off Africa's Ghana Coast. It was an overwhelming sense of ...

Mercy Ships is known globally for its charitable work performing medical procedures in developing countries. For the first time, the organization has a new ship, Global Mercy, recently delivered from ...