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Article: Ship Ahoy! Mercy Ships Floating Hospital Fleet Part The Seas Of Poverty, Famine And Disease In Developing Nations
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 30, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Omar was born with a cleft
lip and palate. At five months old, he weighed less than most
newborns -- a mere six pounds -- due to his birth defect, and
inability to nurse.
Ce's festering five-pound facial tumor made him an outcast. Due to
its size and location, the tumor was a life-threatening deformity as
well.
Isabel was born deep in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle with
two clubfeet. As her bones developed, her feet grew completely
backwards.
Congenital disfigurements, limb loss, blindness, disease, poverty.
Hundreds of thousands of tragedies have been turned into miracles as
the result of the growing fleet of Mercy Ships. No, the Africa
Mercy, ...