From Fine Dining to Humanitarian Service: Anouck’s Path
For four years, Anouck dedicated her talents and skills aboard the Africa Mercy. Starting as dining room manager and later as Operations Director, she shares with us her unique volunteer experience on board.
The Africa Mercy is back in Madagascar
Mercy Ships is back in Madagascar to bring transformative surgical education and free, life-changing surgeries.
The Africa Mercy is back in Dakar
The Africa Mercy has returned as promised to Senegal. We will continue the surgical operations and training that were interrupted by the pandemic.
Interrupting our field service
The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted Mercy Ships in several areas. It especially affected our mission in Senegal; our hospital ship had to leave Dakar, three months earlier than planned.
Field service in Senegal is currently suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the current situation related to COVID-19, WHO recommendations and the resulting increase in travel restrictions, Mercy Ships had to suspend its humanitarian mission in Senegal.
A 100’000 thanks to you all!
This is a milestone for the humanitarian organization created in Lausanne in 1978: the 100,000th free surgery1 on board one of the Mercy Ships hospital ships
Africa Mercy in dry dock
During our technical stop in the Canary Islands, the Africa Mercy was taken out of the water to check the general condition of her hull and receive a new coat of anti-rust paint.
First field service in Cameroon
The Africa Mercy arrived mid-August 2017 in Cameroon and dropped anchor in the port city of Douala.
