We've just returned from Liberia, West Africa where for one week we were the guests of our son Olly and his family aboard the Mercy Ship, Africa Mercy, the largest non-government hospital ship in the world. Africa Mercy entered service just over a year ago. It has a crew of 400, plus fifty children, 6 operating theatres, 78 recovery beds, dental and eye surgeries, scanners and X ray machines and all the equipment that you would expect to find in a UK hospital. What's more its staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers who pay their own fares out to the ship and also pay for their board and lodging on the ship. If you would like to know more about the charity Mercy Ships, and opportunities for serving with them, log on to http://www.mercyships.org.uk/. The photo shows the Africa Mercy viewed from the stern - the top right hand window is part of our family's cabin.
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