From Ship Kid to Doctor in Africa

From Ship Kid to Doctor in Africa

Teaching Students and Impacting Africa   Sandra Lako was born in The Netherlands but grew up on board the Anastasis where she spent much time playing with patients in the hospital. What might be uncomfortable for some was normal for Sandra and she was not...
Teaching Students and Impacting Africa

Teaching Students and Impacting Africa

Teaching Students and Impacting Africa It was a soft whisper, “Africa,” that got the attention of Kim Robinson many years ago as she was teaching in the United States. That whisper kept coming and Kim knew it was from God, calling her to go to Africa. She heard about...
Summer Program 2022

Summer Program 2022

We are very excited to share that the Summer Program started this past week with 49 of our younger crew from both the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy. The program starts in Senegal, West Africa and eventually the Global Mercy will return to the Canary Islands where the...
First Easter in the Global Mercy®Academy

First Easter in the Global Mercy®Academy

Being onboard the Global Mercy over the past few months has been a privilege, a joy and sometimes a challenge! It is very special to be part of the first group of teachers and students to fill these rooms with learning, color, fun and laughter! The Global Mercy...
Persistence

Persistence

Merriam-Webster defines PERSISTENCE as the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people. When I was teaching 5th and 6th grade on the M/V Anastasis, the Junior High and High...
Twin Spirit

Twin Spirit

How does an academy build school spirit when there are no intramural nor intermural sports available, no homecoming, no dances? The staff discussed this question, especially since we are a K-12 school, with numerous grades having three or less students. Since all...