2.84+ million
PEOPLE ASSISTED
105,500+
SURGICAL PROCEDURES
488,000+
DENTAL PROCEDURES
49,000+
HEALTH WORKERS TRAINED
DO JUSTLY
LOVE MERCY
WALK HUMBLY
Mercy Ships is an international charity dedicated to bringing hope and healing to the world’s poorest and most marginalised people.
Together with your help, we bring free healthcare services to people of all ages in desperate circumstances – people who have no chance to get the medical help they need until a hospital ship from Mercy Ships comes to town.
Our volunteers perform life transforming surgeries, provide desperately needed healthcare and training, run the ship, feed the crew, support with donations, prayer and encouragement to all those involved in this mission of mercy.
Discover how you can make a difference – explore our story here, find out who we are, who we serve, how lives have been transformed – and how you can get involved.
Mercy Ships is an international charity dedicated to bringing hope and healing to the world’s poorest people.
Together with your help we bring free healthcare services to people of all ages in desperate circumstances – people who have no chance to get the medical help they need until a hospital ship from mercy ships comes to town.
Our volunteers perform life transforming surgeries, provide desperately needed healthcare and training, run the ship, feed the crew, support with donations, prayer and encouragement to all those involved in this mission of mercy.
Discover how you can make a difference – explore our story here, find out who we are, who we serve, how lives have been transformed – and how you can get involved.
See the remarkable stories of our courageous patients and our huge-hearted volunteers, and the difference that mercy makes in transforming thousands of people’s lives every year.
Providing essential surgery, healthcare services and medical capacity building free of charge to nations in extreme poverty.
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL
SURGICAL CARE FOR
THOUSANDS IN NEED
Your support today makes it possible
for our volunteer crew to answer the call of
people without access, but in desperate need of healthcare.
For 3 decades we have worked with host countries in Africa to strengthen healthcare systems by enhancing local skills and training, and building sustainability.
HELP BRING HOPE AND
HEALINGS TO
THOUSANDS
Your support todays means
our volunteer crew can answer the call of
people in desperate need of medical care.
Marie Madeleine watched from the sidelines as the other kids at school ran and played. She dreamed of joining them, but her backwards-bending leg was so painful. Her family thought corrective surgery was far beyond their reach. Then people like you helped Marie Madeleine’s dreams come true! Here’s her amazing story
MERCY SHIPS IS
GUARANTEED TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Roll up your sleeves for the adventure of a life-time with Mercy Ships, and make a real difference for people in desperate need! Serve the world’s poorest people by volunteering your skills. Whatever your experience and availability, there’s something for you.
There is an atmosphere of expectation on the Global Mercy, as the crew prepares to cast off ropes docked in…
In a rural town in southern Senegal lives 5-year-old Awa, surrounded by her loving family. She has always been close…
on board the Global Mercy Graeme Walls (Mercy Ships NZ Director) takes us on a personal tour of the ICU…