Mercy Ships rallies 16 ubiquitous offices to boost end-of-year support of a organization.
Garden Valley, Texas (PRWEB) Dec 12, 2011
Global partners of Mercy Ships have come together, ordering resources and support, to continue their goal of assisting a world’s mislaid poor. Mercy Ships’ 16 inhabitant offices located in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia have cumulative a relating extend in that all ubiquitous donations, adult to $1 million, will be doubled if perceived by Dec 31, 2011.“The success of this extend has one purpose,†says Jeff Kramer, Vice President of Resource Development during Mercy Ships. “To offer some-more people in need by a state-of-the-art sanatorium ship, a Africa Mercy. we am vehement that a tellurian offices have worked together to secure this match. Because of a inexhaustible partners, some-more people in West Africa will accept life-saving surgeriesâ€"and that is something to applaud this holiday season!â€
Mercy Ships has been portion a mislaid bad by a use of sanatorium ships given 1978. A faith-based health caring organization, Mercy Ships follows biblical principals in their diagnosis of inpiduals: assisting a blind to see and a sore to walk.
“Our purpose in Mercy Ships is to work together in a lowest nations to assistance mend lives damaged by disfiguring and life-threatening disease,†says Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Gary Parker. “For some, life itself is during critical risk while others face gibe and ostracism from their communities. Especially during this Christmas season, we entice we to join with us. Working together, we can assistance take pided a pain. Lives will be changed; wish will turn reality.â€
An instance would be Alusine Kamara, who mislaid his pursuit and his family after a vast growth began to grow on his chin. “I was left all alone,†says Kamara. “I couldn’t go places and do business. we mislaid all my contacts. we spent all my savings, sole my car, sole my land.â€
But a cab motorist told him about Mercy Shipsâ€"a boat where they perform surgeries. With assistance from friends, Kamara was means to get a income to transport to a ship. When he arrived, he was vacant during a services he perceived free-of-charge: a medical exam, x-rays, and surgery. Since then, his life has incited around completely.
“I don’t have adequate difference to report this organization. This whole boat is full of all kinds of sicknesses, and [the doctors and nurses] are treating us for free. we would like to tell people: if they unequivocally wish to use their income for a good use, let them support this organization. They are helping. They are unequivocally helping. They are saving lives.â€
Mercy Ships sanatorium ship, a Africa Mercy, has been docked in Sierra Leone, West Africa for a past 10 months. Alusine Kamara is only one target of a 3,083 surgeries that have been finished this year in Sierra Leone by Mercy Ships proffer medical staff. Surgeries embody split mouth and taste repair, orthopedics, ophthalmologic, and growth removal, among others.
In Jan 2012, a Africa Mercy will wharf in a pier of Lomé, Togo to offer a people of Togo for a 6 month Field Service. The latter partial of 2012 a boat will be portion in a republic of Guinea.
“The holidays are a time when we simulate on a blessings and give to those reduction fortunate,†says Kramer. “This year during Mercy Ships we are means to compare incoming supports dollar for dollar. This will assistance us strech that subsequent chairman in line, and give them a best Christmas present of all: a present of life.â€
ABOUT MERCY SHIPS: Mercy Ships uses sanatorium ships to broach free, world-class health caring services, ability building and tolerable growth to those but entrance in a building world. Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships has worked in some-more than 70 countries providing services valued during some-more than $834 million, impacting some-more than 2.9 million approach beneficiaries. Each year Mercy Ships has some-more than 1,200 volunteers from over 40 nations. Professionals including surgeons, dentists, nurses, health caring trainers, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, and agriculturalists present their time and skills to a effort. Mercy Ships seeks to turn a face of adore in action, bringing wish and recovering to a poor. For some-more information click on
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us(dot)media(at)mercyships(dot)org
903.939.7017
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Claire Bufe
Mercy Ships
903-258-1110
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