Peru welcome for Scots mercy ship

The vice-president of Peru is to welcome a medical ship set up by a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, taking health care to remote areas of the country.

Martinalbertovizcarracornejo will greet the MV Forth Hope on 17 September, and host a reception for crew and volunteer medics. The ship, operated by the Vine Trust set up by Very Rev Albert Bogle, left Rosyth on 26 July. It is currently sailing up the Amazon River and 900 miles from the remote city of Iquitos, its final destination.

Once the 114ft medical ship, with Kirk minister Rev Willie Mcpherson on-board, has docked, volunteers will provide life-changing primary healthcare services.

Very Rev Albert Bogle set up the charity behind mercy ship