Mercy Ships is an international development organisation that uses hospital ships to help some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering vital, free healthcare to people in desperate need. Mercy Ships provides: Surgery, as well as direct medical and dental care to those in need Training and mentoring of local healthcare professionals Improvements and renovations to healthcare infrastructure The volunteers on our hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, treat dental and eye problems, cleft lips and palates, tumours, clubfeet, childbirth injuries, burn contractures, and a variety of other conditions. Mercy Ships also campaigns widely to tackle the systemic causes of surgical inequality. We are at the forefront of international efforts to place surgery and anaesthesia at the heart of the global health agenda. Support Mercy Ships today and help to save some of the 17 million people needlessly dying each year simply because they can not access safe surgical care.