It was back to school two weeks ago for our grandchildren Noah, Anna and Libby on board the MS Africa Mercy, currently in Benin, West Africa. But that was no problem, as they were eager to get back and very excited at the prospect of meeting their new teachers, all volunteers who had flown in at their own expense from various parts of the world in the previous few days. The Mercy Ships Academy is situated on Deck 7 of the MS Africa Mercy and provides a good education through to age 18. The 50 or so pupils are the children of medium and long term Mercy Ships volunteers who live on the ship and they enjoy all the facilities that UK schools have apart from a sports hall and playing fields. They start school at 8am and get no half term holidays!
Noah and Anna love to read the books (and watch the DVDs) that we take out for them on our annual visits to West Africa and Libby just loves everything!
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