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 […]
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 […]
Read MoreCommunity Development in Papua New Guinea
A church in a bus, in a plane, in a community. Story by Mandy Glass Seeing the church building in his village deteriorating, a carpenter sets out on a mission to build a permanent structure for his remote community. Hapson Mekpe knows the Lord and wants his people at the remote village of Bomai […]
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreFather 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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