Beginning disaster relief response in 1985, Bev Gibson and Vessels of Mercy International, Inc. has provided relief to millions of victims.

Response areas include:

2008

• Cyclone Relief-Myanmar(Burma), Southeast Asia

• Tornado Relief-Suffolk, Virginia

• Flood Relief in the Midwest (Indiana and Iowa)

• Refugee Relief in Sudan

2007

• Tornado Relief, Americus, GA

• Gulf Coast, Relief, Recovery & Rebuilding-New Orleans

• Earthquake Relief--Pisco, Peru 

• Hurricane Dean Relief—Chetumal, Mexico

• Refugee Relief in Sudan

2006

• Gulf Coast Relief, Recovery & Rebuilding

• Tsunami Relief & Rebuilding 

• Sudan Famine Relief

2005

• Hurricane Katrina—Gulf Coast

• Earthquake Relief—Pakistan

• Niger. West Africa Famine Relief

• Sudan Famine Relief

• Tsunami Relief—South Asia

2004

• Earthquake -Bam, Iran  ( medical supplies)

• Hurricane Charley-Punta Gorda, Florida

• Hurricane Gaston-Virginia

• Hurricane Jeanne- Haiti

2003

• Hurricane Isabel-Virginia

• Assisted the Iraqi people with relief supplies

2002

• Flooding in West Virginia

• Tornado’s in  Wartburg –Tennessee

• Southeastern African famine victims--Sudan

2001

• Flooding in West Virginia

• Hurricane & Flooding in Texas

• 911 New York City and Pentagon—terrorist attacks

2000

• Monsoons/Flooding in Mozambique

1999

• Earthquake in Turkey

• Refugees fleeing war in Kosovo

• Hurricane Floyd –Virginia, West Virginia & North Carolina

1998

• Hurricane Mitch —Honduras

1997

• Flooding in West Virginia

• Tornado in North Carolina

1996

• Hurricane Opal

1994

• Assisted Refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Rwanda

1992

• Hurricane Andrew in Florida

1991

• Typhoon in Bangladesh

• Relief to the victims of war in Cambodia

1987

• Famine Relief in Ethiopia and Somalia

1985

• Relief to the Refugees in Thailand, Cambodia