Serving Through Compassion, Prayer, and Medical Ministry
My name is Abdul Papanie, and I serve with YWAM Mercy Ministries Madagascar in Toamasina, Madagascar. Originally from Sierra Leone, I am privileged to serve as a chaplain with the Mercy Ministries Medical Team.
My responsibility focuses on caring for the spiritual and emotional needs of those we serve. I spend time praying with patients, listening to their stories, sharing encouragement from God's Word, and offering hope through Christ. I also support and pray for our medical staff, community health workers, and the many ministry projects that bring practical and spiritual transformation to vulnerable communities.
About YWAM Mercy Ministries Madagascar
YWAM Mercy Ministries Madagascar is a faith-based medical and missionary organization dedicated to serving remote villages and island communities throughout Madagascar. We mobilize medical professionals and ministry volunteers—including doctors, dentists, nurses, and missionaries—to work alongside local teams in bringing healthcare, compassion, and the Gospel to those in need.
Our mission is to improve health outcomes in underserved communities while demonstrating God's love through practical service. Through this vision, we have established 50 community health posts in villages along Madagascar's East Coast, serving the districts of Toamasina II, Brickaville, and Fénérive-Est.
Our medical team regularly visits these communities to supervise health posts, train community health workers, and provide essential healthcare services. During these outreach visits, we offer:
Free medical consultations
Health and hygiene education
Deworming medication for children
Gospel outreach and prayer ministry
In addition, we are developing a community-based Health Mutual program that helps families access preventive healthcare and manage health-related expenses. Our outreach initiatives bring free medical care to some of Madagascar's most isolated and underserved populations, restoring health, dignity, and hope.
We also operate the Island Reach Medical Care Ship Project, which delivers healthcare services to remote island communities that would otherwise have little or no access to medical assistance.
YWAM Mercy Ministries Madagascar is part of the global Youth With A Mission (YWAM) network, serving communities through evangelism, discipleship, and mercy ministries.
An Invitation to Partner
As a YWAM missionary, I am responsible for raising my own financial support. This allows me to dedicate my time and energy fully to serving those God has called me to reach. While I trust God as my ultimate provider, I also believe He works through the generosity and partnership of His people.
I would like to invite you to prayerfully consider partnering with me in this ministry. Your support helps make it possible for me to continue serving some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities in Madagascar through prayer, pastoral care, medical outreach, and community development.
Whether through a monthly commitment or a one-time gift, your partnership makes a lasting impact in the lives of individuals and families who desperately need both physical and spiritual care.
Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and partnership in advancing God's Kingdom in Madagascar.
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms." — 1 Peter 4:10
For more information about YWAM Mercy Ministries Madagascar or my ministry, please feel free to contact me.
Abdul Karim Papanie Turay.