Guinea Field Service 2012-2013 Report

1. Bringing Hope and Healing... Guinea 2012-2013 Field Service

2. Bringing Hope and Healing...Bringing Hope and Healing... Arriving in Conakry, Guinea 22 August, 2012

8. Bringing Hope and Healing... 400 crew from 35 different nations

11. Bringing Hope and Healing... Since 1990 Mercy Ships has been serving the people ofWest Africa

15. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mercy Ships has assisted the people of Guinea with medical and non-medical programs.Working closely with government agencies, churches and other national partners, we are bringing hope and healing.

16. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mercy Ships has assisted the people of Guinea with medical and non-medical programs.Working closely with government agencies, churches and other national partners, we are bringing hope and healing.

17. Bringing Hope and Healing... Screening of patients 3rd September 2012

25. Bringing Hope and Healing... Ophthalmic Surgeries 1,475 Cataract Surgeries 111 Pterygium Surgeries 13,483 Eye Evaluations 3,397 Pairs of Eye and Sun Glasses Distributed

26. Bringing Hope and Healing... Ophthalmic Surgeries 1,475 Cataract Surgeries 111 Pterygium Surgeries 13,483 Eye Evaluations 3,397 Pairs of Eye and Sun Glasses Distributed

27. Bringing Hope and Healing... Ophthalmic Surgeries 1,475 Cataract Surgeries 111 Pterygium Surgeries 13,483 Eye Evaluations 3,397 Pairs of Eye and Sun Glasses Distributed “Our entire family is blessed…everyone in the whole family is smiling because Fodé will see.” - Fode’s Sister Fode Age 45 Cataracts

28. Bringing Hope and Healing... Maxillofacial Surgeries Cleft Lips & Palates 176Cleft Repair Surgeries

29. Bringing Hope and Healing... Maxillofacial Surgeries Cleft Lips & Palates 176Cleft Repair Surgeries

30. Bringing Hope and Healing... Hadiatou Age 16 – Cleft Lip Maxillofacial Surgeries Cleft Lips & Palates 176Cleft Repair Surgeries “Praise God for this miracle.Thanks to Mercy Ships we will have the most beautiful baby naming ceremony ever with the most beautiful mother there is!” - Fatumata (Hadiatou’s mother)

31. Bringing Hope and Healing... Hadiatou Age 16 – Cleft Lip Maxillofacial Surgeries Cleft Lips & Palates 176Cleft Repair Surgeries “Praise God for this miracle.Thanks to Mercy Ships we will have the most beautiful baby naming ceremony ever with the most beautiful mother there is!” - Fatumata (Hadiatou’s mother)

32. Bringing Hope and Healing... Maxillofacial Surgeries Head & NeckTumors 490 Maxillofacial Surgeries

33. Bringing Hope and Healing... Maxillofacial Surgeries Head & NeckTumors 490 Maxillofacial Surgeries

34. Bringing Hope and Healing... Maxillofacial Surgeries Head & NeckTumors 490 Maxillofacial Surgeries THIERNO Age 39 Tumor “I wish I could thank all the staff of the ship, every single person...I will never forget Mercy Ships.”

35. Bringing Hope and Healing... Maxillofacial Surgeries Head & NeckTumors 490 Maxillofacial Surgeries THIERNO Age 39 Tumor “I wish I could thank all the staff of the ship, every single person...I will never forget Mercy Ships.”

36. Bringing Hope and Healing... 99 Plastic Reconstructive Surgeries 1,409 Physical & OccupationalTherapy Services Restoring Form & Function

37. Bringing Hope and Healing... 99 Plastic Reconstructive Surgeries 1,409 Physical & OccupationalTherapy Services Restoring Form & Function

38. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mamadou Age 16 RadialClubbed Hands “Thank you for giving me hope and courage to show the world that I, like any normal eldest son, can support my family with the many abilities God did give me.” 99 Plastic Reconstructive Surgeries 1,409Physical & OccupationalTherapy Services Restoring Form & Function

39. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mamadou Age 16 RadialClubbed Hands “Thank you for giving me hope and courage to show the world that I, like any normal eldest son, can support my family with the many abilities God did give me.” 99 Plastic Reconstructive Surgeries 1,409Physical & OccupationalTherapy Services Restoring Form & Function

40. Bringing Hope and Healing... Goiters Hernia Repairs Hydrocele Repairs Tumor/Lesion/ Lipoma Excisions 312General Surgeries

43. Bringing Hope and Healing... 312General Surgeries Mohamed Age 54 Thyroglossal Duct Cyst “Mercy Ships saved me and renewed my life ... All of the volunteers for Mercy Ships were so helpful and kind ...They actually pay to come here so that people they don’t even know can be healed.Who else but God sends people like that? “

46. Bringing Hope and Healing... VVF Surgeries 63 Repairs ofVVF (Vesicovaginal Fistula)

47. Bringing Hope and Healing... VVF Surgeries 63 Repairs ofVVF (Vesicovaginal Fistula)

48. Bringing Hope and Healing... VVF Surgeries 63 Repairs ofVVF (Vesicovaginal Fistula) Nana Age 30 VVF “Only God can pay you for all of the love, support and healing you have given me. . . My Djibril, who loves me wet, or dry, will wait at home for me with our beautiful daughter.And then, at last, we will again be husband and wife, and for our wonderful Zenab, mom and dad.”

49. Bringing Hope and Healing... VVF Surgeries 63 Repairs ofVVF (Vesicovaginal Fistula) Nana Age 30 VVF “Only God can pay you for all of the love, support and healing you have given me. . . My Djibril, who loves me wet, or dry, will wait at home for me with our beautiful daughter.And then, at last, we will again be husband and wife, and for our wonderful Zenab, mom and dad.”

50. Bringing Hope and Healing... Orthopaedic Surgeries 116 Orthopaedic Surgeries 51 Ponseti Clubfoot Corrections 1,800 PhysicalTherapy Services

51. Bringing Hope and Healing... Orthopaedic Surgeries 116 Orthopaedic Surgeries 51 Ponseti Clubfoot Corrections 1,800 PhysicalTherapy Services

52. Bringing Hope and Healing... “Most of all now they can play football.” -Tene (Twin’s Mother) “They also used to have pain and now they don't.” “They never used to be able to run and keep up with their friends now they can.” “My children’s legs used to be bowed, now they are straight.” Orthopedic Surgeries Alseny & Alassane Age 3 Bowed Legs

53. Bringing Hope and Healing... “Most of all now they can play football.” -Tene (Twin’s Mother) “They also used to have pain and now they don't.” “They never used to be able to run and keep up with their friends now they can.” Orthopedic Surgeries Alseny & Alassane Age 3 Bowed Legs

54. Bringing Hope and Healing... “Most of all now they can play football.” -Tene (Twin’s Mother) “They also used to have pain and now they don't.” Orthopedic Surgeries Alseny & Alassane Age 3 Bowed Legs

55. Bringing Hope and Healing... “Most of all now they can play football.” -Tene (Twin’s Mother) Orthopedic Surgeries Alseny & Alassane Age 3 Bowed Legs

56. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mentoring &Training 13African Surgeons 10African Nurses 11Eye Care Workers 78Hospital Day Workers 33Medical Personnel in Ponseti Casting 5Local workers in sterile processing

57. Bringing Hope and Healing... 45,168 Procedures 12,209 Patient Encounters 950 Dental Hygiene Patients 577 Dentures Dental Clinic

60. Bringing Hope and Healing... Dental Clinic Oral Health Education 10,081 Patients 1,683 Students 10 Dayworkers Mentored in Dental Assisting

61. Bringing Hope and Healing... Hospital Chaplaincy 3,806 One-on-OneCounseling Sessions Organized Group Activities

65. Bringing Hope and Healing... Palliative Care Provided Homecare for 29 Terminally Ill Patients Trained 12Family Members inWound Care14Trained in Palliative Care

66. Bringing Hope and Healing... HOPE Center (Hospital Out Patient Extension) 108 Community Health Education Sessions Accommodation for up-country patients and their caregivers

69. Bringing Hope and Healing... Food For Life AgricultureTraining in Holistic Agriculture Concepts Trained 18 trainers from 4 NGOs

73. Bringing Hope and Healing... Leadership Conferences Facilitated training for: 463 Church Leaders 423 Community Leaders 313 Government Leaders

76. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mental Health Conferences Trained: 107 Health Care , Social Workers andTeachers 36 Church Leaders 26 Participants in Children’sTrauma Workshop

77. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mental Health Conferences Trained: 107 Health Care , Social Workers andTeachers 36 Church Leaders 26 Participants in Children’sTrauma Workshop

78. Bringing Hope and Healing... 11Midwives Anaesthesia & Midwifery Conference 49Participants

82. Bringing Hope and Healing... Renovations at Ignace Deen Completed renovations of 2hospital wards

86. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mercy Ministries Baby Rescue Center Crew Members collaborated with national partners 307 SiteVisits 2,690 Crew Participant Opportunities 10,417 People Reached

87. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mercy Ministries Crew Members collaborated with national partners 307 SiteVisits Lazare’s Orphanage 2,690 Crew Participant Opportunities 10,417 People Reached

88. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mercy Ministries Crew Members collaborated with national partners 307 SiteVisits 2,690 Crew Participant Opportunities 10,417 People Reached Deaf School

89. Bringing Hope and Healing... Over $267,000 USD in Donations to local government & organizations Pulse Oximeters Surgical Instruments Mattresses Anesthesia Equipment Pharmaceuticals Medical Supplies Desktop Computers Pallets of food

90. Bringing Hope and Healing... Mercy Ships … follows the 2,000 year old model of Jesus, bringing hope & healing to the world’s forgotten poor

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