Thank you for your ongoing generous support of the work of MAF.
Because of you, lives continue to be changed. Your generosity reaches some of the world’s most isolated communities, bringing help, hope and healing where it’s needed most. Check out three inspiring stories from our PNG team below and find out how you can get more involved with MAF in 2025.
Thank you for making a difference!
For 54 years, Pokome Newa has dedicated her life to bringing healthcare to isolated communities in PNG, often relying on MAF to reach those in need. Through perseverance and faith, she overcame early challenges with literacy, trained as a health worker and saved countless lives – even walking 40km during a crisis to secure medicine. Looking back on her journey, Pokome credits MAF’s support and God’s guidance for enabling her to serve.
Thanks to a MAF medevac flight, a domestic violence survivor received urgent medical care in time, preventing the amputation of her leg and giving her a chance to heal and rebuild her life.
*please note: this story of help contains content that could be distressing to some viewers.
During a transformative flight to Simbai, communications intern Anthony Nawi witnessed firsthand how MAF serves as a vital lifeline for remote communities, providing crucial access to transport, healthcare and connection.
Meeting locals who rely on MAF’s services, including a mother returning home with her infant, deepened his understanding of the organisation’s impact beyond aviation. This experience reshaped his perspective—MAF is not just about flying; it is about changing lives and bringing hope to those in the most isolated places.
How to Get More Involved in MAF
Embark with MAF in 2025
MAF is facing a critical shortage of aircraft engineers, and we need them to keep our planes flying safely. Without skilled engineers, our aircraft can’t operate at full capacity—resulting in fewer medical evacuations, fewer essential supply deliveries, and fewer opportunities to reach isolated communities with help, hope and healing.
If you or someone you know is an aircraft engineer, please consider joining MAF or sharing this opportunity. These skills could make a life-changing impact!
Explore a career beyond yourself – find out more information by clicking here.
Celebrate with MAF in 2025
In 2025, MAF celebrates 80 years! We’re deeply grateful for all that God has done over the past eight decades—every life changed, every community reached, every mission made possible through faithful supporters like you.
As we look ahead, we’re excited for what’s to come and invite you to celebrate with us! Throughout the year, we’ll be hosting special events to honour this milestone, reflect on our journey and share the vision for the future.
Hear from MAF in 2025
Our Aussie staff families often share their MAF experiences at churches across the country during periods of home assignment. If you’d like to be notified when a MAF family will be speaking at a church near you, let us know!
Pray with MAF in 2025
Prayer is at the heart of everything we do at Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). It’s the foundation of our work, the source of our strength, and a powerful way you can partner with us as we bring help, hope and healing to isolated communities around the world.
Please join us for our first quarterly online prayer meeting for 2025. Register below.
