MAF brings help, hope and healing to thousands caught up in conflict and in urgent need of food and medical assistance – touching countless lives in the name of Jesus.

Sustaining and multiplying the ministry efforts of over 100 partner organisations, we help overcome physical barriers created by dense jungles, vast distances, ever-changing rivers and infrastructure blighted by decades of war and under-investment.

In the face of overwhelming need, MAF planes help alleviate the suffering of internally displaced people and those affected by a destabilised eastern DRC.

The Second Congo War, 1998-2003, claimed an estimated 5.4 million lives, and rebel groups continue to operate in the east – threatening the security of civilians living and travelling by road there. By supporting the emerging interdenominational and inter-tribal Christian movement, MAF helps bring the healing, reconciliation and community development necessary for improving the long-term prospects of the DRC and its neighbours.

MAF provides emergency medical evacuations, transports medicine and evangelistic materials, enables training events, helps with crisis relief, and facilitates social action projects in outlying areas.

In 2014, an epidemic of Ebola in the west was contained in the remote Boende area. Because MAF was already operating in the country, doctors were able to respond quickly by assessing and treating those affected, and averting a much larger tragedy.

‘We couldn’t be in the DRC without MAF. As MAF restored service in western DRC, so have we. We follow your plans and planes. Without MAF, our mission in the DRC would be extremely difficult.’