MAF began operating in Angola in 1989 to provide essential support for NGOs, missions and churches in a country still in the grip of civil war.
In the 27 years of fighting from 1975 to 2002,1.5 million lives were lost and 4 million displaced
During that time, the warring MPLA and UNITA parties laid an estimated 10 million landmines in strategic locations, encircling communities and endangering roads.
Today, MAF partners like HALO are helping to recover these landmines one by one, improving the prospects of 21.47 million Angolans, many of whom rely on subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods. Where hundreds of landmines used to be, now tens of thousands of acres have been reclaimed.
Our Operation
Angola is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking country in Africa. This southern West African country borders Namibia, Tanzania and the DRC encompassing tropical Atlantic beaches, a labyrinthine system of rivers and Sub-Saharan desert
MAF operates two Cessna 182 and one Cessna Caravan 208B with 18 staff serving 42 partners.
With some of the world’s worst health outcomes and fewer than 2 doctors per 10,000 people, MAF is multiplying the ministry of medical partners like Kalukembe Mission Hospital by flying doctors into remote areas.
Flights transferring patients with acute medical and surgical needs from rural clinics to partner hospitals in larger towns began in 2015.
