MAF Trek makes isolation real for students

MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]

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Overcoming the barriers: How MAF helps medevac patients return home

Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]

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Expectant mothers in rural PNG benefit from MAF’s solar power project

PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]

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MAF Cargo – the Word of God

In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]

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Flights supporting missionary workers in Arnhem Land

The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]

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Audio Bible Impacts

Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]

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From darkness to light: transforming lives through eye surgeries in Moyale

MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]

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MAF Brings Cheers to Dusin, Papua New Guinea

The flight from Dusin to Mt  Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]

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Healing Hooves and Hearts: MAF & VMP’s Journey to Enairebuk

MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]

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Fuel for Father’s Day 2024!

PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]

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Flying with MAF

Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]

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MAF rescue reunites mother and daughter

The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]

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MAF Lifeline Keeps School Open

The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]

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MAF Papua New Guinea statement on the 24 May Mulitaka Landslide

MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]

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Fuel Crisis in Papua New Guinea – 24 May Update

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]

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Delivering Polio Vaccines in Madagascar

In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]

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How fly-in teams can help children walk again

Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]

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Timor-Leste Medevac: Four-year-old beats severe dengue fever

Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]

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Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG

While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]

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MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence

A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]

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