VIDEO: Mouhamed’s father spent all his money on an operation to remove the tumour from his son’s face, but soon after surgery the tumour returned and continued to grow. He lost all hope that Mouhamed would ever be healed – until he heard on the radio that mercy was sailing into town.
Help change despair to hope for kids like Mouhamed today by making a donation to provide surgery with Mercy Ships
VIDEO: Everything changed the morning 3-year-old Aliou’s blanket caught fire, enveloping him in flames. Without access to immediate medical care and treatment, his burn scars contracted, severely restricting the movement in his right arm. Aliou’s grandmother brought him to Mercy Ships hoping there was help to be found for her grandson.
VIDEO: This year has brought a lot of challenges to our world. We experienced the fragility of life and realised just how important it is to have community. Join us in celebrating this last field service and all we were able to accomplish, as well as looking ahead to the future!
VIDEO: It looked like a boot on Tene’s leg – but it wasn’t. When she was still in the womb, a band of tissue wrapped around her leg. As Tene grew, so did the swelling. They couldn’t find anyone with the surgical skills who would help them, and her mother despaired.
But thanks to friends like you, free surgery on the Mercy Ship turned Tene’s clunky gait into the happy skip of a typical three-year-old. Watch Tene’s inspiring story now
VIDEO: Aicha’s mother believed that someday, someway, help would come. Her huge-hearted hope that her daughter’s sight would be restored was fulfilled. Shadows turn to light when Aicha received a free operation on the Mercy Ship, and her future was changed forever.
VIDEO: Gamai suffered a tragically common injury as a toddler in Guinea; she stumbled into the family cooking pot and was severely burned. Without medical care her wounds scarred over, immobilising her hands and arms. Her mum feared the future was hopeless – but God heard her prayers
Gamai’s unfurled future from Mercy Ships New Zealand on Vimeo.
VIDEO: See for yourself what happened during the 10 months this vessel of hope was docked in Guinea, West Africa
Adama’s sight finally flickered out while she was still pregnant with her twins. Cataracts in both her eyes had stolen her sight. She despaired of ever seeing her babies – then hope arrived on her horizon. Watch as Adama sees here babies for the first time here
VIDEO: ‘What’s wrong with my mouth?’ Mafoudiya would ask her Mum. At two she was just beginning to understand the cruel words thrown at her. Mafoudiya had the world’s most common defect; a cleft lip. But in Guinea, West Africa there was no chance for help … until mercy came to town.
When Milo Falsing was a child in Denmark he would travel on an interisland ferry to visit his grandparents. After he learned the Dronning Ingrid was to be decommissioned he wrote a letter to the ferry company asking for one last trip. Recently Captain Milo took the helm of that very ship, renamed Africa Mercy, and here’s the amazing Mercy Ships journey of both man and vessel.
When a ferry became a Mercy Ship from Mercy Ships New Zealand on Vimeo.