Mission of Charitable Hospital Ship - MercyShip

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Mission of Charitable Hospital Ship - MercyShip

• Health Care Program For Africa

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Who we are

• We are a team of nurses, doctors, surgeons, and
  other crew members from all over the world,
  donating our time to help on board the worlds
  largest non-governmental floating hospital.
• As a floating hospital, we can sail directly to
  some of the worlds poorest people to deliver
  life-saving medical care and provide safe,
  state-of-the-art facilities in which to treat
  them. Our supporters are a vital part of the
  team, paying for essential medical supplies and
  ship repairs.
• Together, we have helped transform the lives of
  more than 2.42 million people in the poorest
  countries of the world since 1978.
• Together, we have helped transform the lives of
  more than 2.42 million people in the poorest
  countries of the world since 1978.

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MercyShip Mission

• Mission
• Following the 2000-year-old model of Jesus, Mercy
  Ships brings hope and healing to the worlds
  forgotten poor.
• Vision
• Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to transform
  individuals and serve nations, one at a time.
• Purpose
• Mercy Ships delivers medical excellence with
  integrity and compassion to the worlds forgotten
  poor.

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• Positioning
• Mercy Ships is the worlds leading
  non-governmental, ship-based medical
  organization.
• Values
• Desiring to follow the model of Jesus, we seek
  to
• 1. Love God
• 2. Love and serve others
• 3. Be people of integrity
• 4. Be people of excellence in all we say and do

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Mercy Ships Canada History

• Mercy Ships Canada legally incorporated as a
  society under the Societies Act of British
  Columbia in Victoria in 1989, but didnt open a
  physical office until nine years later when
  Suzanne Sellers relocated from the International
  Operations Center in Texas to establish a Mercy
  Ships presence in Calgary, Alberta.

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• After a challenging start the Board elected to
  move the office to Victoria, BC, where a solid
  base of support already existed due to previous
  extended shipyard and dry dock work on the
  Anastasis in 1985 and 1986.
• Two visits of the Caribbean Mercy to Victoria in
  1999 and 2000 helped put Mercy Ships on the map
  locally and nationally, allowing for increased
  staff and attracting more volunteers, board
  members, donors, active recruits, alumni, and
  media attention. The ships visit in 2003 to the
  east coast of Canada continued to solidify the
  national scope of Mercy Ships.

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• In 2003, Lorraine and Richard McDonald left their
  Anastasis home of 15 years to take on leadership
  of the Canadian office in Victoria. Since then
  Mercy Ships Canada has hosted many events,
  including black-tie galas, medical evenings with
  Mercy Ships doctors, executive luncheons, alumni
  reunions and golf tournaments. Staff members and
  volunteers have also worked to spread awareness
  of Mercy Ships across the country by presenting
  at service clubs, churches, schools and
  universities, missions and medical events,
  womens groups, etc.
• The Canadian office is part of a global network
  of 16 land-based national offices that support
  the work of Mercy Ships International. Mercy
  Ships Canadas charitable number is
  89064-8249-RR0001

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Mercy Ships Canada

• Address Unit 5-3318 Oak St. Victoria, BC Canada
  V8X 1R1
• Phone Number 1-866-900-7447(Toll Free) ,
  250-381-2160(Bus)
• Fax [phone]
• Email Id msca_at_mercyships.ca
• Website Charities For African Children

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