Gifts of Hope this Christmas
This Christmas, give a child a gift they’ll never forget.
Welcome to your Gifts of Hope catalogue for 2024. Flick through to find unique gift ideas that will delight your loved ones. Every gift you buy could help fund life-changing surgeries for children like Fudia.
Your catalogue is bursting-full of gifts for you, your friends, and family. You can transform lives with gifts like nourishing meals, hygiene care packs, surgical tools, and so much more.
Your loved ones will be happy they’re helping to spread gifts of hope and joy this season.
So why not put your love and mercy into action by choosing meaningful gifts that can help renew the lives of women, men and children in poverty.
Your kind gifts can bring hope and healing to children like Fudia.
Read her inspiring story on page 4
How to order your Christmas gifts today:
1. Please fill out the order form that came with this catalogue and send it back to us in the Freepost envelope provided.
2. Alternatively, you can call 01227 811 627 (8.30am-5pm MonThurs, 8.30am-4pm Friday) and order your gifts using your debit or credit card over the phone.
3. Save yourself a trip to the post box by ordering online now. Simply go to mercyships.org.uk/gift or scan the QR code at the bottom of this page.
What you’ll get
• If you buy a virtual gift from pages 5 to 8, you’ll get a blank card with a picture of the gift to send to your loved one.
• If you buy a virtual gift from pages 9 to 11, you’ll receive an A4 certificate to display.
• Gifts from pages 12 to 17 are physical gifts and Christmas cards. You’ll receive what you can see in the catalogue.
Reserve your free place at our Christmas Carol Service.
• We’d love to see you at Southwark Cathedral on 5th December. Using the order form, write the number of seats you’d like to book for yourself, your friends and family for our Christmas Carol Service, then return the form in the Freepost envelope. This is a free event. You’ll receive a card in the post confirming your reserved seats.
• You can also book seats for our Carol Service online at mercyships.org.uk/gift . Using the online form, please remember to tell us how many seats you’d like to reserve.
Last order dates
For your gifts to arrive in good time, we recommend ordering before 13th December. Please allow 14 days for delivery.
Scan the QR code to take you straight to our online shop
A dream come true for Fudia at Christmas
When you buy a gift from this catalogue, you’re helping patients like Fudia unwrap hope and happiness.
When we first met Fudia, 10, she rarely smiled. Looking into her brown eyes, you could see she had suffered a lifetime of pain. She lost both her parents by the time she was seven years old. She has been bullied by children at school. She was born with severely bowed legs. Her legs seemed to be bending – almost breaking – beneath her.
But Fudia is strong and determined, and she wouldn’t let her physical challenges stop her from walking.
Her uncle Joseph, who has cared for her ever since her parents died, said, “I took her to hospital and they said that only Mercy Ships can help her.”
Through many years of pain, Fudia never gave up hope that, one day, she would find help.
At last, Fudia heard Mercy Ships was coming to Sierra Leone. Thanks to you, her hopes and dreams were about to come true. She was booked in for surgery soon after Christmas.
After a few days on our hospital ship, Fudia seemed like a new person. She smiled. She laughed. She made friends. Even before her surgery, her healing had begun.
Dr Belen Carsi, Mercy Ships’ orthopaedic paediatric surgeon, explained her condition was caused by Blount’s disease. “Fudia’s legs were so deformed that her ability to walk was really limited.” If left untreated, “she would have stopped walking altogether.”
Her complex operation lasted for four hours. When she woke up, her legs were so sore.
It was a long journey to recovery, with unexpected challenges and trials. But she found much happiness in her time of healing. She laughed like she never had before. She walked proudly down the halls in her plaster casts. Her heart felt full with joy.
Now, Fudia’s eyes are radiant, shining above a bright smile that speaks with her new life.
When you buy your Gifts of Hope, you can transform a life like Fudia’s.
G if t s of Hope
Your gift will be sent to you as a beautiful card in a blank envelope so that you can add your own message before giving it as a gift.
Card size 140 x 140mm
Plaster cast and sterile bandages
Your gift of three plaster casts and sterile bandages could help a child like Fudia recover from major surgery, and support her through months of physical therapy. With this gift, a child can walk, run, and go to school – free from pain.
£150
Order code: G04
Nourishing meals
Your gift can provide 15 nourishing meals for patients like 10-month-old Anjara, helping them to heal from surgery.
£50
Order code: G17
UV glasses
For a little boy like Mamadou, who came to us for cataract surgery, UV glasses were vital to his recovery. Now, Mamadou can see his colouring books, his mum’s smile, and a brighter future.
£10
Order code: G02
Hygiene care pack
A hygiene care pack containing items like soap, toothpaste, and a toothbrush are a welcome gift to our patients, who often travel hundreds of miles to our hospital ships.
£15
Order code: G16
Surgical tools
This gift could give a surgeon the sterile tools needed to straighten a child’s legs like Fudia’s. Without her specialist surgery, she may never have been able to walk again.
£120
Order code: G01
Gift in Lieu of Cards
Instead of giving a paper Christmas card, why not give a Gift of Hope?
Give £25 where the funds are needed most, and your kind gift can help patients like Fudia recover from surgery. You will not receive a physical card for this gift.
£25
Order code: GIL
Cataract eye surgery
This gift could bring the miracle of sight to a child like Mamadou. He was born with cataracts in both eyes in Sierra Leone. Your gift could fund free surgery in Mercy Ships’ eye clinic, helping a child see a clearer tomorrow.
£250
Order code: G22
Orthopaedic surgery
For a child like Fudia, this gift is a dream come true. Many children living in the poorest countries may never have the chance of surgery. So your kind gift could change a child’s life forever.
£435
Order code: G23
G if t s of Hope
You will receive an A4 certificate to display
Support a crew volunteer
All our volunteers, like nurse Mariana, freely share their time and talents to help our patients in sub-Saharan Africa. Your gift could help cover the cost of a volunteer’s flights and travel jabs – and help transform lives.
£500
Order code: G24
Sponsor an operating theatre for a day
With this crucial gift, you could support the running of an operating theatre on board the Global Mercy, plus sterile instruments, for a whole day of life-transforming surgeries.
£1,000
Order code: G10
Renovate a local health clinic
Bring lasting hope and healing. Your gift could help stock a local clinic with medical supplies and equipment. So a whole community can enjoy better healthcare.
£1,975
Order code: G25
Sponsor a day of life-saving surgeries
Your generous gift could power all six operating theatres on the Global Mercy for a day. Thanks to you, many women, men and children will receive expert care in our floating hospital.
£6,000
Order code: G26
Christmas ca r ds
Add some sparkle to your Christmas cards this year with these unique designs. All cards are supplied in packs of 10 with white envelopes.
NEW! Mercy Ships
Brand new for 2024, this card features a hand-drawn design by our volunteer surgeon, Dr Rachel Buckingham.
Greeting inside:
Wishing you a peaceful and Happy Christmas and every blessing for the New Year £3.85
126 x 172mm
Order code: MSUAC01
Greeting inside: Wishing
126 x 126mm
Order code: : MSUAC02
Ornate Tree
MSUAC06
Advent calendar
Holy Nativity (With a red envelope and Bible verses)
Size: 220 x 310mm
£3.50
Order code: GAB21
Set of 4 Christmas gift bags
Small Bag Size: 137 x 111 x 62mm | Medium Bag Size: 229 x 178 x 98mm | Large Bag Size: 324 x 260 x 127mm | Bottle Bag Size: 102 x 330 x 89mm | Weight: 250g
£5.50
Order code: GAB24
Advent candle
(holder not included) Size: 22.5 x 300mm
£4.00
Order code: GAB22
Mixed 72 gift labels
A selection of 6 designs12 self-adhesive gift labels on each sheet. Total of 72 labels in a pack.
£2.25 per pack.
Order code: GAB19
Christmas gift wallet
(with white envelope)
Size: 195 x 86mm (money not included)
£2.00
a. Gold Christmas wishes (GAB07)
b. Blue with white & gold snowflakes (GAB08)
c. Red with gold trees (GAB09)
d. Teal with Christmas puddings (GAB10)
e. Purple with gold stars (GAB11)
f. Penguins & polar bears (GAB12)
Gift wrap
4 sheets & 4 tags of the same design
Size: 500 x 700mm
£2.50/sheet
a. Gold Christmas wishes (GAB01)
b. Blue with white & gold snowflakes (GAB02)
c. Red with gold trees (GAB03)
d. Teal with Christmas puddings (GAB04)
Mercy Ships gif ts
Ships of Mercy
Discover how the world’s largest charity hospital ships came to be, and the many steps of faith in the Mercy Ships adventure over the past 45 years.
£9.99
Order code: BK01
A Daily Dose of Mercy
Inspiring daily thoughts and reflections from Don Stephens, founder of Mercy Ships, one for every day of the year with a daily Bible verse and quote.
£12.99
Order code: BK02
I can walk to school
Ten-year-old Fudia had severely bowed legs. Instead of playing with her friends or walking together to school, every step caused her pain.
But Mercy Ships is able to help children like Fudia get the surgical care they need – and it’s all because of people like you. Your kindness and generosity can bring real healing to a child like Fudia.
Bring a Gift of Hope to another child this Christmas: mercyships.org.uk/gift
Christmas Carol Se r vice
We’d love to see you at our Christmas Carol Service in London. Book free seats for you, your friends and family.
Hope of the World
Thursday 5th December, 7:30pm
Southwark Cathedral
London Bridge SE1 9DA
FREE
Order code: CS London
