A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs

Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]

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A Heart for Christian Ministry

Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]

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A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering

Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.

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A Heart for Medical Care

Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]

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A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response

Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]

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A Heart for Education

Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]

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Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea

After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.

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MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective

Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]

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Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea

Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010.  Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]

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Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home

On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]

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Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan

The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]

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Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people

Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]

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Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities

A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]

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Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life

Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]

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Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory

With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]

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New aircraft’s busy role serving Indigenous communities

The latest addition to MAF Arnhem Land’s fleet was quickly put to work in the program, making a big difference in the lives of Indigenous Australians in remote communities. The Cessna 208 Caravan VH-MFD landed at Gove Airport after a five-hour journey from Cairns, which included a refuelling stop at Normanton before crossing the waters […]

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Hannah’s Story – Malaria in Liberia

World Malaria Day, which falls on April 25th each year, is a day instituted by WHO member states to raise awareness of the disease and it’s continued and devastating impact around the world. More than 600,000 people die from Malaria every year. Over 75% of these are children under five. Children from the poorest households […]

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Malaria in Lapalama, Papua New Guinea

World Malaria Day, which falls on April 25th each year, is a day instituted by WHO member states to raise awareness of the disease and it’s continued and devastating impact around the world. More than 600,000 people die from Malaria every year. Over 75% of these are children under five. Children from the poorest households […]

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Claudine’s Story – Malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo

World Malaria Day, which falls on April 25th each year, is a day instituted by WHO member states to raise awareness of the disease and it’s continued and devastating impact around the world. More than 600,000 people die from Malaria every year. Over 75% of these are children under five. Children from the poorest households […]

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Scovia’s Story – Malaria in Northern Uganda

World Malaria Day, which falls on April 25th each year, is a day instituted by WHO member states to raise awareness of the disease and it’s continued and devastating impact around the world. More than 600,000 people die from Malaria every year. Over 75% of these are children under five. Children from the poorest households […]

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