MAF has operated in Liberia since 2015, serving remote communities through aviation. We serve local partners including churches, hospitals, missionaries, NGOs, and development and relief agencies who are working to provide access to healthcare, education and the Gospel to the isolated people of Liberia.

The 14‐year civil war, which ended in 2003, claimed more than 250,000 lives and left the country in economic ruin. A large number of airstrips in Liberia are debilitated and unused following the civil war, and one of MAF’s priorities is to prepare and reopen as many as possible so that more communities can have a lifeline.

Our Operation

Liberia means ‘Land of the Free’ in Latin. According to Operation World, around 75% of the population survive on less than $1USD per day. Liberia was founded as a Christian state, but with no state church. The terrible impact of the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic is likely to be felt for many years to come. 

Adding to the challenges in Liberia is an average rainfall of over 4.6 metres a year, which makes travel difficult as vehicles get stuck in thick mud, sometimes for days at a time, on the country’s unpaved roads.

MAF operates a fleet of two aircraft, with 16 staff, serving over 100 NGOs and mission groups, as well as the many local churches already working to bring hope to Liberia’s poorest communities in remote locations.

Organisations, whose staff spent long hours and days travelling to reach remote locations, express enthusiasm for MAF’s services. This has resulted in four regular shuttle flights, in particular to the south-east of the country.

One of the highest priorities for the program is to build the capacity of MAF in Liberia so that the team can meet the high demand for flights and support the expansion of the ministry within Liberia and also into neighbouring countries.