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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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Creating a ‘Garden of Eden’ for the rural Women of Papua New Guinea

A group of NGOs, including Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), are uniting to end violence against women in some of the most isolated parts of Papua New Guinea [PNG], where it’s believed a woman is physically assaulted every 30 seconds.

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Take a look inside MAF’s Mareeba hangar

Story: Sean Atkins MAF is known for its work in the air, but some of the most important tasks are done on the ground by our talented team of engineers. Thanks to the generosity of MAF supporters, a new $4 million hangar complex was built at Mareeba Airport in Queensland and it provides a state-of-the-art […]

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MAF in Timor-Leste — Medevac from Atauro Island

The life of a one-year-old boy, suffering from a lung condition, was saved when he was flown by MAF to receive urgent specialist medical treatment. MAF’s intervention was so vital because the young patient was on Atauro Island, separated by about 20 miles of water from hospital care in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. With every moment […]

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Effective Partnership for Delivering Help, Hope and Healing in Papua New Guinea

For nearly four years, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and PNG Sustainable Development Program (SDP) have worked together to deliver an innovative primary health care service to remote communities in Western Province. In 2017, MAF began surveying remote areas of PNG, to learn about the areas of greatest need. As part of that process, MAF reached […]

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MAF Tanzania on the Frontline of the Polio Vaccination Drive

Following recent outbreaks of the deadly wild poliovirus in neighbouring countries, MAF Tanzania has played an important part in transporting vaccines and health workers to protect children. The Tanzanian Government has rolled out a campaign of supplemental polio vaccination to tackle the spread of wild polio after cases in nearby Malawi and Mozambique earlier in […]

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Princess Anne flies with MAF to see refugee initiatives in Uganda

The Princess Royal has flown with Mission Aviation Fellowship on her visit to highlight projects to support refugees in Uganda.

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ICU in the Bush – A Story from Papua New Guinea

Jeroen and Diana Zwijnenburg have served with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2021, with Jeroen serving as Projects & Finance Manager, and Diana working as a doctor at Kompian Hospital. In this story, written by Diana, you will get the insight of the challenges of saving someone’s life in the bush with limited resources, […]

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