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                        <title>Newest Mercy Ship Soon to be Africa Bound </title>
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                        <description>Africa Mercy Successfully Completes Sea Trials [PRWeb Mar 29, 2007]</description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:27:54 -0700</pubDate>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Garden Valley, Tex. (PRWEB) March 29, 2007 --  Don Stephens, Founder/President of global charity Mercy Ships, announced today the world&#039;s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, has successfully completed &#039;sea trials&#039; bringing the hospital ship one step closer to enabling the vessel to sail to Africa.



The former Danish rail ferry has been converted into a state-of-the-art hospital ship that will provide free health care and community development services to Africa&#039;s forgotten poor.  The initial field service is targeted for Liberia, West Africa.

The &#039;sea trials&#039; took place in the North Sea under the supervision of Bureau Veritas - an international marine certification organization.  All systems onboard were checked and the trials took approximately 24 hours, led by the ship&#039;s Captain and his technical crew. 

The Africa Mercy will sail to Blyth for another four weeks where hospital supplies and materials will be loaded in preparation for her first field service where more than 400 volunteer Mercy Ships crew will provide free medical care, capacity building, relief aid and community development programs to the people of war-torn Liberia. 

The Africa Mercy is the fourth ship to be operated by global charity Mercy Ships, which has provided more than $600 million worth of services to date.

Don Stephens, Founder/President of Mercy Ships, said: &quot;Every ship has life savers, but this ship is a life saver in itself to thousands who wait for her arrival in Africa.  Without this ship so many of the poorest of the poor face lives without hope.  This huge hospital ship docked in an African port is a strong symbol of hope.&quot;

Mike Ullman, Chairman Mercy Ships International said:  &quot;This is a momentous day for everyone involved in Mercy Ships. Hundreds of people have worked tirelessly on this project over the last several years and we owe each of them a huge debt.  Our focus is now to complete the loading of supplies and volunteer crew over the next few weeks in order that she can start service in Liberia.&quot;

The crew on the Africa Mercy will consist of volunteer professionals from around the world.  Doctors, dentists, nurses, community developers, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, and many others have signed up to donate their time and skills to the effort.  

1Mercy Ships is the leader in using hospital ships to deliver free world-class health care services to the poor.  Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor in developing nations.  

Mercy Ships has performed more than 1.5 million services, with a value of $600 million US and impacted over 1.7 million lives.  Statistics include:  treating more than 300,000 people in village medical clinics, performing 18,000 surgeries, 110,000 dental treatments and completing close to 350 construction and agriculture projects, including schools, clinics, orphanages and water wells.   Each year more than 1,600 short-term volunteers serve with Mercy Ships.  

The story of Mercy Ships is told in Ships of Mercy, published by Hodder &#38; Stoughton UK and Thomas Nelson US and is available at:  <a href="http://www.shipsofmercy.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.shipsofmercy.org</a>.

For further information, please visit:  <a href="http://www.mercyships.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.mercyships.org</a> 

High res photos available on <a href="http://www.mercyshipsnewsroom.org/" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.mercyshipsnewsroom.org/</a>

For further information, contact:

MERCY SHIPS
Glenn Price
VP, Communications
PH:  (903) 939-7000
E-mail:   priceg @ mercyships.org
Web:    <a href="http://www.mercyships.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.mercyships.org</a>

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                        <itunes:author>Glenn Price</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>Newest Mercy Ship Soon to be Africa Bound </itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Garden Valley, Tex. (PRWEB) March 29, 2007 --  Don Stephens, Founder/President of global charity Mercy Ships, announced today the world&#039;s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, has successfully completed &#039;sea trials&#039; bringing the hospital ship one step closer to enabling the vessel to sail to Africa.



The former Danish rail ferry has been converted into a state-of-the-art hospital ship that will provide free health care and community development services to Africa&#039;s forgotten poor.  The initial field service is targeted for Liberia, West Africa.

The &#039;sea trials&#039; took place in the North Sea under the supervision of Bureau Veritas - an international marine certification organization.  All systems onboard were checked and the trials took approximately 24 hours, led by the ship&#039;s Captain and his technical crew. 

The Africa Mercy will sail to Blyth for another four weeks where hospital supplies and materials will be loaded in preparation for her first field service where more than 400 volunteer Mercy Ships crew will provide free medical care, capacity building, relief aid and community development programs to the people of war-torn Liberia. 

The Africa Mercy is the fourth ship to be operated by global charity Mercy Ships, which has provided more than $600 million worth of services to date.

Don Stephens, Founder/President of Mercy Ships, said: &quot;Every ship has life savers, but this ship is a life saver in itself to thousands who wait for her arrival in Africa.  Without this ship so many of the poorest of the poor face lives without hope.  This huge hospital ship docked in an African port is a strong symbol of hope.&quot;

Mike Ullman, Chairman Mercy Ships International said:  &quot;This is a momentous day for everyone involved in Mercy Ships. Hundreds of people have worked tirelessly on this project over the last several years and we owe each of them a huge debt.  Our focus is now to complete the loading of supplies and volunteer crew over the next few weeks in order that she can start service in Liberia.&quot;

The crew on the Africa Mercy will consist of volunteer professionals from around the world.  Doctors, dentists, nurses, community developers, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, and many others have signed up to donate their time and skills to the effort.  

1Mercy Ships is the leader in using hospital ships to deliver free world-class health care services to the poor.  Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor in developing nations.  

Mercy Ships has performed more than 1.5 million services, with a value of $600 million US and impacted over 1.7 million lives.  Statistics include:  treating more than 300,000 people in village medical clinics, performing 18,000 surgeries, 110,000 dental treatments and completing close to 350 construction and agriculture projects, including schools, clinics, orphanages and water wells.   Each year more than 1,600 short-term volunteers serve with Mercy Ships.  

The story of Mercy Ships is told in Ships of Mercy, published by Hodder &#38; Stoughton UK and Thomas Nelson US and is available at:  <a href="http://www.shipsofmercy.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.shipsofmercy.org</a>.

For further information, please visit:  <a href="http://www.mercyships.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.mercyships.org</a> 

High res photos available on <a href="http://www.mercyshipsnewsroom.org/" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.mercyshipsnewsroom.org/</a>

For further information, contact:

MERCY SHIPS
Glenn Price
VP, Communications
PH:  (903) 939-7000
E-mail:   priceg @ mercyships.org
Web:    <a href="http://www.mercyships.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">http://www.mercyships.org</a>

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                        <title>All Aboard! Smile Train Partners With Mercy Ships</title>
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                        <description>$1.5 million grant to fund cleft lip and palate surgeries in Africa. [PRWeb Mar 16, 2007]</description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:24:18 -0700</pubDate>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Garden Valley, TX (Vocus) March 16, 2007 -- The Smile Train awarded one of the largest grants in their history -- $1.5 million payable to Mercy Ships, a global charity bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor. The grant will be disbursed over the next 9 years and will fund 6,050 cleft lip and palate surgeries, primarily in West Africa. The first installment of the grant has been made and to date, 74 cleft surgeries have been performed onboard a Mercy Ship docked in Ghana as a result. Going forward, the Smile Train grant will help to fund the cleft lip and palate surgical program onboard the Africa Mercy, the world&#039;s largest non-governmental hospital ship set to deploy in the spring of 2007.

The Smile Train is known for their worldwide partnerships with agencies that perform cleft lip and palate surgeries. Mercy Ships is pleased to work with Smile Train to alleviate this easily repaired condition that, left untreated, leaves children with a debilitating condition. 
 
Don Stephens, Founder of Mercy Ships commented, &quot;Through the combined efforts of The Smile Train and Mercy Ships, we look forward to multiplying our efforts to bring hope and healing to the world&#039;s most needy continent - Africa. Mercy Ships is literally bringing the hospital to the patients and we are very pleased to now partner with The Smile Train to restore hope and joy to children around the world.&quot;

Mercy Ships is committed to alleviating human suffering and distress by bringing world-class medical and community services to the world&#039;s forgotten poor. Founded in 1978 as a global charity by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor.

The Mercy Ships crew is made up of volunteer professionals from around the world.  Doctors, dentists, nurses, community developers, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, and many others donate their time and skills to the effort. Since its inception in 1978, Mercy Ships has performed more than 1.5 million services, with a value of $600 million and has directly impacted more than 1.7 million people. 

The Smile Train, the world&#039;s largest cleft charity, focuses on a single problem: cleft lip and palate. They empower local doctors in developing countries and 100% of donations are used for programs. They have the lowest cost per surgery of any cleft charity and the best safety and quality record amongst cleft charities.  

For further information, contact: 

Mercy Ships
Mike Osborne
954-538-4239
osbornem (at) mercyships.org
<a href="http://www.mercyships.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.mercyships.org</a> 

The Smile Train
Priscilla Ma
Senior Marketing Manager
pma (at) smiletrain.org
<a href="http://www.smiletrain.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.smiletrain.org</a>

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                        <itunes:author>Mike Osborne</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>All Aboard! Smile Train Partners With Mercy Ships</itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Garden Valley, TX (Vocus) March 16, 2007 -- The Smile Train awarded one of the largest grants in their history -- $1.5 million payable to Mercy Ships, a global charity bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor. The grant will be disbursed over the next 9 years and will fund 6,050 cleft lip and palate surgeries, primarily in West Africa. The first installment of the grant has been made and to date, 74 cleft surgeries have been performed onboard a Mercy Ship docked in Ghana as a result. Going forward, the Smile Train grant will help to fund the cleft lip and palate surgical program onboard the Africa Mercy, the world&#039;s largest non-governmental hospital ship set to deploy in the spring of 2007.

The Smile Train is known for their worldwide partnerships with agencies that perform cleft lip and palate surgeries. Mercy Ships is pleased to work with Smile Train to alleviate this easily repaired condition that, left untreated, leaves children with a debilitating condition. 
 
Don Stephens, Founder of Mercy Ships commented, &quot;Through the combined efforts of The Smile Train and Mercy Ships, we look forward to multiplying our efforts to bring hope and healing to the world&#039;s most needy continent - Africa. Mercy Ships is literally bringing the hospital to the patients and we are very pleased to now partner with The Smile Train to restore hope and joy to children around the world.&quot;

Mercy Ships is committed to alleviating human suffering and distress by bringing world-class medical and community services to the world&#039;s forgotten poor. Founded in 1978 as a global charity by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the forgotten poor.

The Mercy Ships crew is made up of volunteer professionals from around the world.  Doctors, dentists, nurses, community developers, teachers, cooks, seamen, engineers, and many others donate their time and skills to the effort. Since its inception in 1978, Mercy Ships has performed more than 1.5 million services, with a value of $600 million and has directly impacted more than 1.7 million people. 

The Smile Train, the world&#039;s largest cleft charity, focuses on a single problem: cleft lip and palate. They empower local doctors in developing countries and 100% of donations are used for programs. They have the lowest cost per surgery of any cleft charity and the best safety and quality record amongst cleft charities.  

For further information, contact: 

Mercy Ships
Mike Osborne
954-538-4239
osbornem (at) mercyships.org
<a href="http://www.mercyships.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.mercyships.org</a> 

The Smile Train
Priscilla Ma
Senior Marketing Manager
pma (at) smiletrain.org
<a href="http://www.smiletrain.org" onclick="linkClick( this.href );"  target="_blank">www.smiletrain.org</a>

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