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A Bridge to a Better Future

For residents of the Loita Maasai community in Kenya, the construction of a much- awaited bridge marks the beginning of a new era. One where floods no longer isolate families, children are able to attend school without anxiety, and medical emergencies are no longer do-or-die situations on the riverbank.On a bright and cheerful day, RedTribe joined community members, partners, and supporters to officially open the bridge.“The bridge was the first demand from the people when we went almost two d...

Meet Elisa Niovara

Elisa, a graduate of NMIT in Aeronautical Engineering (AME) is wholeheartedly pursuing her calling to become a licensed engineer. This requires an additional 2 years of practical experience. Once licensed, her goal is to serve with MAF in the mission field.Growing up in Avondale, Auckland, Elisa has had a deep fascination with mechanics from a young age—a passion she believes was placed in her heart by God. As her faith grew, she felt His clear direction guiding her to use her skills for His g...

Graduation of South Sudanese Refugees

MAF brought PEACE International representatives to Adjumani for a ceremony celebrating the success of young people who have fled conflict in South Sudan.Growing up in a refugee camp in Uganda, Akech knows education will be his key to a brighter future.“When I study, I’ll be in a position to help my family. I want to build a house for my mother and help her raise my other siblings,” he said.‘‘I want to be an engineer. When I see people working with electricity, I admire them and I feel ...

A Bible Translation 61 Years in the Making

It was a privilege for MAF staff to attend the Bible dedication celebration in the town of Dekai, Papua. After 61 years & two generations in translation, Ngalik speakers have the complete Bible.This story began in the 1960s when the Ed and Shirley Maxey—Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) missionaries—arrived in the village of Silimo. After building a house and an airstrip, they committed their lives to learning the Ngalik language and getting it into written form....

Fly Good News....twice as far!

Jim Balus, the pastor of a local church in Papua New Guinea has been working with New Tribes missionaries to take the Gospel to unreached villages.“God’s word has not come there. They need us.”Pastor Jim reached out to MAF for a flight to access the Hewa tribe in a small village called Minim.The village is extremely isolated, accessible only via long treks through the jungle or by air.Thankfully, Pastor Jim and his team of five men, one woman, and two children were able to take a 25-minute...

Buckingham Palace Recognises MAF's Humanitarian Work

On Thursday 20th February, the King and the Queen hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace in London. This was to recognise the humanitarian work undertaken by national and international organisations and to mark Their Majesties’ long-standing support for humanitarian causes.MAF was represented at the event by:Donovan Palmer – CEO, MAF UKMax Gove - Trustee of MAF UK who has served in various roles since 1971 including as a pilot, Country Director and senior leader. He has also been involved i...

Doug & Yvonne's 35-year MAF journey

The tip of a propeller blade mounted on a small wooden base, stands on Doug Miles’s bookshelf – a keepsake of a “wheels-up” landing and a reminder of a career filled with both turbulence and grace.Of that incident, Doug says, “Within a week, the chief pilot had me back in the air. I flew with him for around ten hours, I think. And then off I went again. You come out of it. But you never forget it.”For 35 years, Doug and his wife, Yvonne, have served in Mission Aviation Fellowship, na...

MAF Flight Supports Innovative Education Liberia

Innovative Education Liberia (IEL) provides opportunities for students and resources for educators through self-contained battery-powered computer labs. Loaded with video courses, Wikipedia, e-books and many other resources, these laptops provide a new way for students to learn and help prepare them for a better future....

Angeline's Life-Saving MAF Flight

Fast work to clear the runway at an isolated community allowed MAF to fly a woman who needed emergency treatment for pregnancy complications.Angeline is recovering in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo after a swift response from MAF and its partners saved her life.The 35-year-old woman had visited the health facility in Beroroha, in the southwest of the country, where it appeared she was suffering from an ectopic pregnancy.MAF’s aircraft would fly to the area to bring the woman to hospital f...

MAF Shuttle to Suai, Timor Leste

It's another morning at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili. Ground crew and Safety Officer Andreas Caetano answers a phone call whilst preparing the aircraft for flight.Maria Delfina dos Santos checks in with her son Ahzrel Jules dos Santos Gomes. “We want to fly on MAF’s planes because it will take us less time than travelling by car, which normally causes us car sickness,” said Mrs Santos.Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Timor-Leste operates the eight seat GippsA...

MAF Flight brings Specialists to South Sudan

Hundreds of people can see again after two MAF flights brought a team of specialists to a remote community in South Sudan.‘We have done over a thousand surgeries. Some people have received surgeries on both eyes. Without MAF’s help we cannot reach these places – Yuai and Kapoeta North – working together means we can all do more,’ Dr Albino explains.The small rural clinic is rundown and under-resourced. An hour and a half flight from Juba – or 2-3 days by road in the dry season, if it...

Emergency Relief in Tambura

Tambura, located in the Western Equatoria State of South Sudan, is known for its green landscapes, dense forests and fertile agricultural land. It does not seem like the place for a humanitarian emergency at first. But a violent conflict can quickly change everything.When Medair's Emergency Response Team received an alert that a conflict had disrupted access to health services, they were determined to intervene.But heavy rains during the rainy season have made the roads impassable, limiting acce...

How Flying with MAF Helped Us

A church volunteer, an accountant and a politician all flew with MAF to remote communities in Guinea. This is what the flight meant to them....

Sporting mission's powerful goal

Students, teachers, and football players have embraced the love of Christ after MAF brought a team to share the love of Christ with a remote community in Madagascar, paving the way for lasting transformation.Church Sports and Recreation Ministries (CSRM) led by Rasamoelina Andrianjaka ‘Njaka’, a former basketball player who represented Madagascar, and Randriambao Manantsoa Hasina arrived in Tambohorano on a MAF flight from the capital Antananarivo. These flights are part of MAF’s work with...

MAF Flight helps Next Generation's Journey of Faith

"The Biblical camp....is to equip Christian youth. Because there are several themes, but the main theme, the important one, is Christ," David Kamano says."I believe that bringing young people together, instilling Christian culture in them, is really a huge impact because....it will help other young people to develop with the spirit of Christ, in our workplaces, but also in our communities."David, who works as an administrator at the Sacred Heart paediatric health centre, has travelled by road en...

Bible Gifts For Students

Several schools on the outskirts of Goroka received Bibles so that young people can read the word of God for themselves.More than 5000 printed Bibles, donated through MAF Technologies, have been handed out at several schools and training colleges outside of Goroka in Papua New Guinea’s Eastern Highlands.Among the colleges that received the Bibles were Ginitoka Junior High School and Primary School, which earlier this year received 2000 printed standard size Bibles, making them one of the large...

Aiming to bring hope across Lake Victoria

MAF is planning to use a floatplane to link isolated people in island communities to essential services....

Champions for Change

To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Light for the World South Sudan’s Country Director, Sophia Mohammed, shares how their Disability Inclusion facilitators are travelling the length and breadth of the country with MAF to champion the rights of people living with Disabilities....

MAF Bridges the Gap

When it takes days of walking between remote villages for medical care, MAF bridges the gap with a 10-minute flight. This is Swiss nurse Sara Schneidegger's story, joining a health patrol during her internship at Kompiam Hospital in Papua New Guinea.Pyarulama is located in a remote region that can only be reached from Kompiam after several days of trekking. It was thanks to Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) that we were able to get there at all. We flew for about ten minutes over unspoilt countr...

Meet Faith Tudor

Faith has spent the past 10 years working in fundraising, marketing and communications – committed to seeing families thriving and free from debt and poverty. Now, joining the team as MAF’s Fundraising Manager, she considers it a privilege to play a part in MAF’s international vision – to see isolated people changed by the love of Christ.Faith is energetic and highly relational. She is passionate about creating opportunities for donors to create measurable impact through their giving.Ori...

Meet Danielle Welsh

Born and raised in Tauranga, Danielle has known of God all of her life. She was introduced to missions at a young age, however never really saw that for her life.After high school, Danielle started university before hearing the call of God to take a gap year and go to Bible college. Danielle graduated with a Diploma of Christian Ministry from Pathways College of Bible and Mission in 2020, alongside interning for a local church. It was during her internship that a passion ignited in her for marke...

Swift response saves lives in remote Ibil

Mum Kilda is back home in the village of Ibil and doing well, after a MAF flight brought her to hospital for life-saving treatment when she suffered complications. With her is baby Glenys, the little girl named after the pilot that responded to her urgent need for a medevac.MAF pilot Glenys Watson flew the medevac when an HF radio call for help sparked a dramatic change of plan for a MAF team that was about to fly from Telefomin to Mount Hagen.Two aircraft were stationed at Telefomin when the pi...

MAF flies boy from remote community for essential treatment

Earlier this year, Nicholas noticed that his son Samuel's mouth had swollen. The 12-year-old was then taken from his home in Enairebuk, Loita Hills, on a four-hour journey to a hospital in Narok, where he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in his throat.The hospital later referred them to Nakuru, but their visits were halted because of doctors’ strikes that were taking place in Kenya at that time.This resulted in them moving to The Nairobi Hospital, a private hospital, for help. Samuel w...

Maximum Effort Ministry

‘I had seventeen souls onboard as I departed Juba. You would be hard pressed to get more than that in a Cessna Caravan,’ Matt Marples laughs, recalling his flight to Tororo carrying babies with neurological conditions for the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda.‘Half of the passengers are babies held on laps,’ Matt explains. ‘If you use the standard body weights in the planning – it looks like you are overweight by several hundred kilos – but I’ve closed the doors on both flight...

The Pilot Who Saved My Life

It’s an emotional moment as John Boss meets Glenys Watson, the MAF pilot involved in the medevac that helped save his life.The man from Habai, a remote community tucked under the Rocky Mountains of Papua New Guinea’s Nomane district, was viciously attacked by bandits and left to die along the bush track that connects Habai to the nearest township of Kundiawa.Glenys, a Kiwi MAF pilot, happened to be flying near Nomane when she received the call to medevac John to Kundiawa General Hospital. Jo...