About Mercy Trips
"Partnering with local communities to provide compassionate care — freely, without condition — as an outreach of love for our fellow man."— Mercy Trips Mission
Our Organization
Mercy Trips Healthcare Outreach is a nondenominational Christian organization dedicated to the encouragement of compassionate service through short-term medically-oriented outreach missions.
Partnering with local healthcare workers and churches in medically underserved countries, we provide free medical clinics and surgical care as an outreach of Christian love for our fellow man.
Our current projects are in Uganda, Africa — working with rural hospitals, clinics, churches, and orphanages across both Eastern and Western regions.
While our missions have a decidedly Christian focus, compassionate individuals from all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome to join the teams. No prior medical experience is required.
Medical care is provided free of charge to all who come, without discrimination of race, religious affiliation, or social class. Services are never tied to any requirement for religious conversion.
Our Projects
Kanginima Hospital & Pallisa District
Our Eastern Uganda trips are carried out in association with Kanginima Hospital, a rural hospital serving the Pallisa District near Mbale. The hospital's 4 operating theatres support our surgical team, while the clinical staff assists with village outreach. We have completed many protected spring clean water projects in the region through the Lodoi Development Fund.
Tooro Kingdom & the Rwenzori Region
Our Western Uganda trips are carried out with the assistance of the Tooro Kingdom and the local governing council. Outreach extends to far western villages near the Semiliki River on the border with Congo. Surgical care is performed at a health unit in the village of Kabuta, just through the Rwenzori Mountains.
Healthcare Scholarships
We are developing a program to match donors who want to invest in the future of local healthcare with qualified health profession students who need support for education-associated costs. This program is actively growing and open to interested donors.
Getting Ready for the Next Trip
A personal look at how our teams prepare and what we carry with us into the field.