Mercy Ships UK

Overall goals

Providing free surgery to those without hope of paying for treatment. Specialities covered are Maxillo-facial surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, dentistry, obstetric fistula surgery and general surgery.

Key UK Colleagues and Partners

NHS UK
NHS Scotland
Other Charities

Facility/Facilities

Floating Hospital Ships

Sustainable development goals

• SDG 3 - Good health and well-being
• SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities
• SDG 11 - Sustainable cities and communities
• SDG 17 - Partnerships for the goals

Funding source

Fundraising
Grants

Changes

Changes to individual patients’ lives and building more sustainable services in those countries (the organisation usually does health education and sometimes builds clinics while the ship is in a particular country).

Project aims

Volunteers to serve on our ships for between 2 weeks to 2 years.