South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Gerda Potgieter When South African Mercy Ships volunteer Anne-Marie van Tonder saw a baby girl with a big lump on her neck in a children’s hospital in Freetown. Sierra Leone, she felt compelled to get her onto her ship’s surgery list. The problem was that Memunatu, 10 months, had […]
First published on Missions Box. The president of Senegal Macky Sall has inaugurated the world’s largest purpose-built hospital ship and committed to accelerate access to surgical, obstetric and anesthetic care for the nations of Africa. Ceremonies commemorated more than 30 years of service in Africa. Global humanitarian organisation Mercy […]
Global health charity, Mercy Ships, reports that after a completion and acceptance ceremony on June 16, followed by a handover celebration at the Tianjin Xingang shipyard this past week, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, Global Mercy, has successfully been delivered and the charity has taken possession of their brand new vessel. The final handover of the newly constructed hospital ship from shipyard to owners was celebrated in the presence of representatives from Mercy Ships, project managers from Stena RoRo, together with shipyard management, joined by a remote audience […]