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By Sharon Walls
21 May: Dedicated to Community

: Susan Parker’s Story. When Susan joined Mercy Ships, she was 25 years old. She only planned to stay five…

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By Sharon Walls
20 May: Recap of International Symposium :

 Strengthening Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthetic Care Ministers of Health, country delegates, health experts, policymakers, and stakeholders from 29 African nations…

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By Sharon Walls
19 May: Assiatou’s story:

She leaned forward gingerly, pressing her foot to the ground — heel first, then the sole, until even Assiatou’s toes…

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By Sharon Walls
16 May: Looking to Africa’s future

:The Bineys Celebrate 30 Years with Mercy Ships.  Joe and Agnes Biney joined Mercy Ships in the 1990s with no…

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☕Barista Graeme, steaming up a storm for the cre ☕Barista Graeme, steaming up a storm for the crew on board the hospital ship Global Mercy. ⁣
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The lovely cafe was an amazing donation from a former Intl Board Chair - how very cool is that?⁣
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There are some very awesome volunteer roles with Mercy Ships that may surprise you! Tap the bio to check them 👉 @mercyshipsnz⁣
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#MercyShips #barista #Coffee #latte #coffeeTime #VolunteerLife #CoffeePeople #coffeeCoffeeCoffee
Dr Charlotte Polle-Kaliti is making a safe arrival Dr Charlotte Polle-Kaliti is making a safe arrival into the world for babies - and their #mums.⁣
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She's helping treat birth injuries common in low-income countries.  Obstetric Fistulas can be debilitating, and the permanent incontinence that often isolates women from their communities. ⁣
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Mercy Ships volunteer surgeons like Dr Charlotte not only repair fistulas, they are training and mentoring Senegalese surgeons so that they can take this hope and healing back to their own mothers-to-be.⁣
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May 23 is International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. ⁣
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😎Susan is upfront and real as she shares, both 😎Susan is upfront and real as she shares, both joys and struggles, of her long term journey serving with Mercy Ships.⁣
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Looking look back over 30 years onboard, Susan Parker says she can see how all the pieces fit together and how God was always at work – even when being a full time Mum felt like she was no longer able to be on the "front line." ⁣
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🙏“Nothing is wasted in God's economy, and so to the degree that we welcome or allow God's rule and reign in our lives, we are being transformed in all dimensions of our life,” she said. “The good job or the exciting job is not the goal – transformation into the people of God who can then participate in the kingdom work of transformation in the lives of others – now that's where the action is.” ⁣
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Susan's inspirational journey and her hope for the future on our blog 👉 @mercyshipsnz⁣
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On Deck 4 of the Global Mercy, Graeme found the In On Deck 4 of the Global Mercy, Graeme found the Intensive Care Unit.⁣
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He said he's pretty overwhelmed at seeing the dedication on the ICU door: WITH LOVE FROM THE PEOPLE OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND.⁣
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We were amazed at the huge-hearted Kiwi generosity that made this possible. Ngā mihi maioha - our grateful thanks to everyone who gave to build this life saving part of the hospital ship.⁣
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It's history-making! 29 African nations recently It's history-making! 

29 African nations recently gathered for an International Symposium in #Senegal. 

Together, they carefully considered new data on the surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric systems in hundreds of district hospitals throughout the continent, and took significant steps toward safer surgery by 2030. 

Mercy Ships is honored to continue as a trusted partner and supporter as #TogetherWithAfrica, we work toward a brighter future.

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Episode 8: Taking the Helm

The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michelle White travels to Lakossa to help train Beninese medics. Physiotherapist Nick Veltjens mentors local physiotherapist Melchior in the Ponseti method of treating club feet. Featured patients include Howefassi – a woman with a large and complex neck tumour that tests surgeon Mark Shrime to his limits, Baby Joanes – a clubfoot patient treated by the Ponseti team, and Baby Riana – a girl with a rare disease called arthro-gryposis that can only be partially treated on the ship.

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Episode 7: On the Frontline

Mel and the volunteer medics continue to select and treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Rachidi – a teenage boy with a severe burn left untreated for 14 years, Clement – a local paediatrician who has been unable to work since a failed reconstructive surgery left his mouth disfigured, and Juvincia – a young malnourished girl with severely deformed legs due to rickets.

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Episode 6: The Long Road Home

The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. The screening team travels upcountry to remote areas of Benin to find patients who need help. Featured patients include Faith – a young girl from Kandi with severe bilateral bowed legs, Jonas from Ghana who had surgery on the ship 10 years earlier but his facial tumour has grown back, and Thierry – a mechanic from Parakou whose life-saving surgery turns out to be just the beginning of a dramatic journey of healing.

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Episode 5: Blood and Water

The volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Maimouna – a 17 year old girl with a facial tumour which the ship operated on 4 years ago, but has now returned. Ignace – a teenage boy with a neurofibroma tumour which covers half his face, and Nanjire & Nadire – twin girls with identical bowed legs. Maimouna’s journey to the ship is dramatic as ship doctor Nerida, who operated on Maimouna 4 years ago, travels to Guinea which has only recently been cleared of Ebola to find Maimouna and bring her to the ship for critical surgery. Lighter moments are told in the twin girls Nanjyra & Nadire.

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Episode 4: Gods and Monsters

Lindsay and the other volunteer medics continue to treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Ramani – a devout Muslim man with a mysterious bone and tissue growth abnormality that deforms his face, Elizabeth – a 20 year old girl with a huge facial tumour her family believe is a voodoo curse, Viviane – a mother of 6 with a tumour of the manible, and Elie – a young Christian boy with gigantism. This episode explores cultural and religious factors that accompany the patient stories.

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Episode 3: Sea Change

The volunteer medics continue to select and treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include baby Prunel – a young baby with a cleft lip whose mother has been ostracised because of her child’s ‘curse’, Baby Bignon – another baby this time with both a cleft lip and palate who is dangerously malnourished, and Barthelimy – a man with a large facial tumour.

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Episode 2: Skin Deep 

The volunteer medics continue to select and treat extraordinary cases of medical need. Featured patients include Ruth & Marina – two 5-year-old burns victims who become best friends on the ship, Miracle – a young boy with disfigured hands who longs to play drums like his father, and Innocent – a local barber who has transformational surgery to remove multiple tumours from his face and body, only to suffer a near-fatal setback.

More coming soon. 

Episode 1: The Power of Yes and No 

The hospital ship arrives in port Cotonou, Benin. The volunteer medics on board commence screening, surgeries are planned and the first patients begin treatment. Nate and the team face mounting unrest in the crowd of thousands outside the screening centre and life or death decisions for the hopefuls inside. Featured patients include Julien – a young man with an enormous facial tumour that puts him in imminent danger of suffocation, Michel – a young boy who is initially turned away but in a dramatic turnaround is brought back to the ship for surgery, and Baby Patricia – a child with a cleft lip.

More coming soon. 

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