‘Essential service’: How MAF brings help to forgotten youth
Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read MoreMAF 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 […]
Read MoreFlights 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 […]
Read MoreMAF 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 […]
Read MoreHealing 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 […]
Read MoreFuel 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 […]
Read MoreFlying 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 […]
Read MoreMAF 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 […]
Read MoreMAF 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, […]
Read MoreFuel 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 […]
Read MoreDelivering 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, […]
Read MoreHow 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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