MAF in Kenya
MAF has operated in Kenya since 1959, serving remote communities through aviation. We serve local partners including churches, hospitals, missionaries, NGOs, development and relief agencies who are working to provide access to healthcare, safe drinking water, and the Gospel to the isolated people of Kenya.
Kenya’s refugee camps host a large population of people displaced within Kenya due to these conflicts, and are a key destination for refugees fleeing conflict in neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.
Our Operation
Some 80% of Kenya’s land is classified as desert or semi-arid, leaving the country’s population dependent on the annual rain cycle and extremely vulnerable to climate change.
Kenya is a melting pot of rich tribal and ethnic cultures which pervade the country’s social and political life and occasionally spills over into violence, as in the aftermath of the 2007 elections.
Today, the focus of our lifeline is on serving the people of northern Kenya with two Cessna Caravans 208B and 34 staff members enabling over 70 organisations. Regular shuttles to and around Marsabit enable us to fly missionaries and county governors, as well as deliver letters, packages and the results of blood tests to remote areas. Frequent flights to Marsabit Children’s Home, House of Hope, and Gethsemane Garden Christian Centre (GGCC) provide staff and resources for orphaned children.
