{"id":10399,"date":"2023-07-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2023-10-17T17:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:02:36","slug":"45-years-of-mercy-ships-looking-back-and-dreaming-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/fr\/45-years-of-mercy-ships-looking-back-and-dreaming-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Ships f\u00eate ses 45 ans : Regard sur le pass\u00e9 et r\u00eave d&rsquo;avenir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-51bt2vq-7d7dd19e205b4b43fa59d892f09b14e4\">\n.flex_column.av-51bt2vq-7d7dd19e205b4b43fa59d892f09b14e4{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-51bt2vq-7d7dd19e205b4b43fa59d892f09b14e4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-48shmk6-8f92acf55dba57b34f347d035253d515\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-48shmk6-8f92acf55dba57b34f347d035253d515{\nheight:100px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-48shmk6-8f92acf55dba57b34f347d035253d515 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-small-hide av-mini-hide'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ljpyucu2-507a58f6c5e1ae18a5dbe69b1eae7b22 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Mercy Ships f\u00eate ses 45 ans : Regard sur le pass\u00e9 et r\u00eave d&rsquo;avenir<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3qry5au-8c9598231fa40246f3cd5677ddd4d5a0\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3qry5au-8c9598231fa40246f3cd5677ddd4d5a0{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3qry5au-8c9598231fa40246f3cd5677ddd4d5a0 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ljpyuwq4-1e797b7c32f7dc157048185b3e74200a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10362\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GLM211201_EQUIPPING_STEPHENS_BRANDED_ST007_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Il y a 45 ans, Don et Deyon Stephens avaient un r\u00eave. Ils voulaient transformer un bateau en h\u00f4pital flottant, afin d&rsquo;apporter des soins chirurgicaux fiables et gratuits \u00e0 ceux qui en avaient le plus besoin.<\/p>\n<p>Ils ont quitt\u00e9 leur maison aux \u00c9tats-Unis et se sont lanc\u00e9s en terrain inconnu. Ils \u00e9taient six : Don, Deyon et leurs quatre enfants. Une petite \u00e9quipe partageant leur vision s&rsquo;est rapidement constitu\u00e9e autour d&rsquo;eux.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd&rsquo;hui, quatre d\u00e9cennies et demie plus tard, Mercy Ships a Mercy Ships a impact\u00e9 la vie de plus de 1,2 million de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de nos programmes m\u00e9dicaux et de sant\u00e9, et a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 plus de 110 000 op\u00e9rations chirurgicales qui ont transform\u00e9 des vies.<\/p>\n<p>Au cours du premier semestre 2023, plus de 1 100 b\u00e9n\u00e9voles ont servi \u00e0 bord du tout nouveau navire-h\u00f4pital <em>Global Mercy\u2122<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Ce qui n&rsquo;\u00e9tait au d\u00e9part qu&rsquo;une vision ou un r\u00eave pour Deyon et moi appartient d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 des centaines, voire des milliers de personnes\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, d\u00e9clare Don.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3fuch9y-cddd6fa56e0f1ecfd7abe0363d161b32\">\n.flex_column.av-3fuch9y-cddd6fa56e0f1ecfd7abe0363d161b32{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3fuch9y-cddd6fa56e0f1ecfd7abe0363d161b32 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ljpyv8lp-50de42f6bddf62b90ad51499723fd78d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ljpyv8lp-50de42f6bddf62b90ad51499723fd78d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ljpyv8lp-50de42f6bddf62b90ad51499723fd78d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ljpyv8lp-50de42f6bddf62b90ad51499723fd78d av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-10357 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-10357 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt='' title='ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID'  height=\"686\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ISC230626_ANASTASIS_BILL_OF_SALE_ST004_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2yc7aly-b353b9d831ef8f84a5fcae04b05b3f0c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2yc7aly-b353b9d831ef8f84a5fcae04b05b3f0c{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2yc7aly-b353b9d831ef8f84a5fcae04b05b3f0c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ljpyw032-efd1269839111fbcbbc3b8e045efefda '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Au cours de ses 45 ann\u00e9es, ce ne sont pas les chiffres qui ont d\u00e9fini Mercy Ships. Ce sont les personnes qui se sont engag\u00e9es pour servir l&rsquo;ONG.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00bb J&rsquo;ai eu le privil\u00e8ge de rencontrer des personnes vraiment formidables au sein de Mercy Ships\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, t\u00e9moigne Don.<\/p>\n<p>Faithful, Mary et Esther Biney sont trois d&rsquo;entre elles. Faithful et Mary, originaires du Ghana, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 les premiers membres d&rsquo;\u00e9quipage africains de Mercy Ships. Ils se sont mari\u00e9s sur l&rsquo;<em>Anastasis<\/em>, le tout premier navire de Mercy Ships, en Gr\u00e8ce. Ils ont ensuite accueilli \u00e0 bord leur premier enfant, Esther.<\/p>\n<p>Faithful se souvient de ces ann\u00e9es difficiles. Mais \u00e0 chaque fois, ils se sont sentis soutenus par l&rsquo;amour de Dieu quand ils \u00e9levaient leur jeune famille en mer.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Il sera toujours l\u00e0 pour nous\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, d\u00e9clare Faithful.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge adulte, Esther a repris ses missions avec Mercy Ships au moment o\u00f9 l&rsquo;<em>Anastasis<\/em>, la maison de son enfance, a cess\u00e9 son activit\u00e9. Une nouvelle \u00e8re commen\u00e7ait, avec un navire beaucoup plus grand.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0C&rsquo;\u00e9tait vraiment incroyable de voir les navires amarr\u00e9s c\u00f4te \u00e0 c\u00f4te et de passer de l&rsquo;<\/em>Anastasis<em> \u00e0 l&rsquo;Africa Mercy<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em>, confie Esther.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10364 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-1500x999.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220527_GLM_ARRIVAL_DAKAR_DRONE_CB002_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>De nouveaux \u00e9quipements pour un impact encore plus grand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aujourd&rsquo;hui, l&rsquo;<em>Africa Mercy<\/em> est toujours en service et a \u00e9t\u00e9 rejoint par le <em>Global Mercy<\/em>, le tout premier navire de Mercy Ships construit pour \u00eatre un h\u00f4pital flottant.<\/p>\n<p>Ce nouveau navire, plus grand et dot\u00e9 d&rsquo;une technologie de pointe, est une plateforme essentielle qui permettra d&rsquo;accro\u00eetre l&rsquo;espoir et la gu\u00e9rison. Mais dans les couloirs de Mercy Ships, de nombreux outils plus discrets sont le fruit d&rsquo;innombrables actes de g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 et montrent un potentiel illimit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0L&rsquo;\u00e9quipement de nos salles d&rsquo;op\u00e9ration est en grande partie constitu\u00e9 de dons en nature\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, explique Don Stephens. <em>\u00ab\u00a0Certains ont pu \u00eatre achet\u00e9s gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 des personnes qui nous soutiennent<\/em>\u00ab\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Ces personnes, donateurs ou partenaires proches de nos valeurs agissent en coulisses pour faire fonctionner Mercy Ships.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Des gens du monde entier croient en Mercy Ships, et nous sommes devenus leur organisation humanitaire de choix\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, dit-il. \u00ab\u00a0<em>C&rsquo;est un grand honneur\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2qgqthy-459e19cf8beca0ecafeae9b7f01da66e\">\n.flex_column.av-2qgqthy-459e19cf8beca0ecafeae9b7f01da66e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2qgqthy-459e19cf8beca0ecafeae9b7f01da66e av_one_half  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ljpywxah-2ed08a1f4ffc5a84195ffda9ccefa6f0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ljpywxah-2ed08a1f4ffc5a84195ffda9ccefa6f0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ljpywxah-2ed08a1f4ffc5a84195ffda9ccefa6f0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ljpywxah-2ed08a1f4ffc5a84195ffda9ccefa6f0 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-10367 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-10367 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg\" alt='' title='SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID'  height=\"686\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SNC220623_AFM_GLM_ALLCREW_EB003_HI-MID.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7o2x86-837e7a6bcd1331b7012a860217de29ab\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-7o2x86-837e7a6bcd1331b7012a860217de29ab{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-7o2x86-837e7a6bcd1331b7012a860217de29ab hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ljpyx9pg-a5f2f03ce10875bae5cbb07190b9a02b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Une banque de sang ambulante<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Au cours de la mission de <em>Global Mercy<\/em> au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal en 2023, une op\u00e9ration chirurgicale a eu lieu, activit\u00e9 classique pour Mercy Ships.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Nous avions trois infirmi\u00e8res, trois chirurgiens, deux anesth\u00e9sistes, repr\u00e9sentant quatre nations diff\u00e9rentes, juste pour une op\u00e9ration\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, raconte Don.<\/p>\n<p>Pendant les 18 heures qu&rsquo;a dur\u00e9 l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration, la patiente a perdu tout son sang. Les membres b\u00e9n\u00e9voles de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage ont donn\u00e9 instantan\u00e9ment leur propre sang pour reconstituer son stock.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0La patiente a maintenant dans son corps du sang provenant de 15 pays diff\u00e9rents\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, explique Don. <em>\u00ab\u00a0Elle vit avec le sang de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage et m\u00eame de certains m\u00e9decins et personnes qui se trouvaient en salle d&rsquo;op\u00e9ration\u00a0\u00bb.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cette <em>\u00ab\u00a0banque de sang ambulante\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, dit Don, de m\u00eame que la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 de ceux qui l&rsquo;ont constitu\u00e9e, sont repr\u00e9sentatifs de l&rsquo;\u00e9tat d&rsquo;esprit de Mercy Ships.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Et il symbolise 45 ans de mission sur le terrain \u00ab\u00a0<\/em>, ajoute-t-il.<\/p>\n<p>Alors que l&rsquo;organisation continue \u00e0 se d\u00e9velopper, le plus grand souhait de Don est que le personnel et l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage restent fid\u00e8les aux valeurs fondamentales de Mercy Ships : aimer Dieu, aimer et servir les autres, \u00eatre des personnes int\u00e8gres et viser l&rsquo;excellence dans leurs paroles et leurs actes.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00eame s&rsquo;ils ont commenc\u00e9 avec un grand r\u00eave, Don et Deyon n&rsquo;ont pas anticip\u00e9 l&rsquo;ampleur de l&rsquo;impact de ce r\u00eave. Cependant, comme le souligne Don, l&rsquo;inimaginable n&rsquo;est pas si surprenant, parce que Dieu est <em>\u00ab\u00a0capable de faire infiniment plus que tout ce que nous esp\u00e9rons ou imaginons\u00a0\u00bb.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0Ai-je imagin\u00e9 tout cela au d\u00e9part ?\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> se demande Don. <em>\u00ab\u00a0Non, j&rsquo;imaginais qu&rsquo;il y aurait des bateaux, au pluriel. Mais Mercy Ships a grandi au-del\u00e0 de mes r\u00eaves les plus fous. &#8230; Et lorsque nous <\/em><em>regarderons vers l&rsquo;avenir<\/em><em>, j&rsquo;esp\u00e8re sinc\u00e8rement que nous aurons jou\u00e9 un petit r\u00f4le, mais significatif, pour favoriser la dignit\u00e9 humaine sur le continent africain\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>En savoir plus sur l&rsquo;impact des 45 ans de Mercy Ships.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1fn039y-8329c23ad261e0d6ad7069929a1b3e33 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-10399'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap 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Ils voulaient transformer un bateau en h\u00f4pital flottant, afin d&rsquo;apporter des soins chirurgicaux fiables et gratuits \u00e0 ceux qui en avaient le plus besoin.<\/p>\n<p>Ils ont quitt\u00e9 leur maison aux \u00c9tats-Unis et se sont lanc\u00e9s en terrain inconnu. Ils \u00e9taient six : Don, Deyon et leurs quatre enfants. Une petite \u00e9quipe partageant leur vision s&rsquo;est rapidement constitu\u00e9e autour d&rsquo;eux.<\/p>\n<p>Aujourd&rsquo;hui, quatre d\u00e9cennies et demie plus tard, Mercy Ships a Mercy Ships a impact\u00e9 la vie de plus de 1,2 million de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de nos programmes m\u00e9dicaux et de sant\u00e9, et a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 plus de 110 000 op\u00e9rations chirurgicales qui ont transform\u00e9 des vies.<\/p>\n<p>Au cours du premier semestre 2023, plus de 1 100 b\u00e9n\u00e9voles ont servi \u00e0 bord du tout nouveau navire-h\u00f4pital Global Mercy\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Ce qui n&rsquo;\u00e9tait au d\u00e9part qu&rsquo;une vision ou un r\u00eave pour Deyon et moi appartient d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 des centaines, voire des milliers de personnes\u00a0\u00bb, d\u00e9clare Don.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,96],"tags":[32,47,19,33],"class_list":["post-10399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-fr-2","category-blog-fr-3","tag-africa-fr","tag-healthcare-fr","tag-mercy-ships","tag-mercy-ships-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mercy Ships f\u00eate ses 45 ans : Regard sur le pass\u00e9 et r\u00eave d&#039;avenir - Mercy Ships Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mercyships.africa\/45-years-of-mercy-ships-looking-back-and-dreaming-of-the-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mercy Ships f\u00eate ses 45 ans : Regard sur le pass\u00e9 et r\u00eave d&#039;avenir - Mercy Ships Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Il y a 45 ans, Don et Deyon Stephens avaient un r\u00eave. 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