Our Mission

HelpMercy International exists to reduce human suffering by strengthening healthcare in Africa.

We support underprivileged and undeserved populations through:

Eye Care

Advancing blindness prevention and treatment in Sierra Leone and West Africa.

Burn Care

Improving medical and nutritional recovery for children and families.

HIV Treatment & Nutrition

Providing access to medications, farming programs, and nutritional support.

Healthcare Capacity Building

Equipping hospitals with training, scholarships, medical supplies, and technology.

Through collaboration with local doctors and hospitals, we ensure that every donation directly supports programs that bring immediate relief and long-term transformation.

Providing access to medications, farming programs, and nutritional support.

We envision a future where communities across Africa live with hope, free from preventable suffering. Our boldest goal: to cure avoidable blindness in Sierra Leone and set a new standard of compassionate, high-quality healthcare that can be replicated throughout West Africa.

Sight, in the Middle of a Ceasefire

Abyei Province sits on the disputed border between Sudan and South Sudan, a region torn by ethnic, religious, political, and economic conflict, with oil raising the stakes even higher. Most families live in straw houses; nothing permanent survives here. Medical care is almost nonexistent.

To reach patients, we needed something medicine alone couldn't provide: peace. Our team helped negotiate a ceasefire, just long enough for families to travel safely to and from an eye camp.

It held.

1,001 cataract surgeries.
One region. One fragile peace.

Among the patients: a 15-year-old girl, blind for years. The moment her bandages came off, she saw her family again. A local priest was so moved, he gave her a lifetime scholarship to the region's top school.

She wasn't alone in her story:

Patients from warring communities sat side by side, regaining their sight together
Former enemies turned to each other and apologized
For a moment, sight became bigger than surgery. It became common ground.