MAF has been serving Tanzania for over 65 years. We serve local partners including churches, hospitals, missionaries, NGOs, and development and relief agencies focusing on supporting medical care and evangelism. 

MAF enables medical teams to carry out safaris and the Gospel to reach isolated communities in Tanzania, particularly in the northern remote regions where roads don’t go.

Our Operation

Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas and is home to Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. It borders Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique. Offshore, in the Indian Ocean, lies the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences. With vast expanses and the many people groups scattered throughout Tanzania, many areas still remain remote and difficult to access.

MAF began flying to Tanzania from Kenya in 1959. Four years after that in 1963 we made our first in-country flight, taking off and landing in Tanzania itself. In 1977, we began a permanent programme in Dodoma to meet the needs of missionaries. Today, MAF operates a fleet of two Cessna 206, with eight staff, serving 17 partners. Our focus is on medical and evangelistic ‘safaris’. National and missionary staff fly to remote villages to provide medical care, including antenatal and mother-and-child checks, and one-to-one evangelism. Thanks to these trips, isolated people can receive treatment and hear the Gospel.

Through God’s grace, huge improvements in infrastructure over the last ten years have made travel easier and safer. This has allowed us to focus on supporting the communities that need us the most.

In 2014, after an extensive re-evaluation, it was decided that partner needs could best be served from a base in Arusha and through our work with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Mbeya. From there, MAF continues to facilitate medical care and evangelism to Tanzania’s remotest regions.