Her engineering career started somewhere unexpected
At 18, Tuva from Norway joined the Africa Mercy® as an engine cadet, learning her profession while helping keep a hospital ship running.
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Learning while making a difference
Tuva knew she wanted a career where she could travel, work with her hands and keep learning. Training as a marine engineer gave her that opportunity.
Aboard the Africa Mercy®, she could develop those skills while contributing to something much bigger.
If you have a job where you keep learning, it keeps the job interesting.
From watching to becoming part of it
Tuva first heard about Mercy Ships on television when she was just six years old. Years later, a Mercy Ships volunteer visited her school.
This time, she could see how her own developing skills could have a place aboard.
“It’s amazing and it feels good to be part of that.”
Could your engineering journey start here?
You don't need to know everything before you can contribute.
Engine cadets and other technical professionals learn alongside experienced crew while helping keep the ship, and the hospital inside it, safe and operational.
For Tuva, it is a chance to build a career while being part of a mission she first discovered as a child.
Meet the Crew Behind the Ship
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An african surgeon, not an african beneficiary
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The hospital can’t get there without the ship
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He came for one week. Then everything changed.
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Bringing her skills home
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A front-row seat to healing
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The hospital needs engineers too
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The ship that inspired his career became his mission
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Two weeks of annual leave, spent operating
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Her skills keep surgery working
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The teacher behind the volunteers
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She grew up on board. Then came back as a nurse.
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She came on board as an electrician. It changed where her career could go.
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Helping patients take the next step
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A few weeks. For more than 20 years.
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Her engineering career started somewhere unexpected
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He almost didn't apply
