A dentist examines a child on the vessel in Jamaica in 2011. [Photo by DAI ZONGFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] 

Mission Harmony timeline

August to November 2010:

Peace Ark visits Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, the Seychelles and Bangladesh. It provides medical services to 17,345 outpatients and performs 97 surgeries.

September to December 2011:

After sailing across the Pacific Ocean and passing through the Panama Canal, the ship arrives in the Caribbean, where it visits Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica. It provides outpatient services for 11,446 people and 118 surgeries are performed.

June to October 2013:

The ship visits Brunei, the Maldives, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Cambodia. It provides services to 30,713 people and 293 surgeries are performed.

August to September 2014:

Peace Ark visits Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, where it provides medical services to 22,456 people and 212 surgeries are performed.

September 2015 to January 2016:

The ship visits seven Pacific countries and regions: Australia; French Polynesia; the United States; Mexico; Barbados; Grenada; and Peru. It provides medical services and physical examinations for 17,838 people and performs 59 surgeries.

July to December 2017:

Peace Ark visits Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and East Timor. A total of 61,528 patients are received and 299 surgeries are carried out.

June 2018 to January 2019:

The ship visits Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Venezuela, Grenada, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador. It receives 50,884 patients and 288 surgeries are performed.