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Our Impact

Inaccessible Terrain

Flying onto desert and jungle airstrips, lakes and rivers, tracks and roads, MAF’s light aircraft and our pilots go the extra miles to provide a lifeline.

Disaster Relief

Cyclones, typhoons and earthquakes can devastate the world's poorest communities in climate-vulnerable areas like the Philippines, Bangladesh Brazil. Surveying the damage from the air is the first step in getting relief where it is needed, and MAF can be operational within hours, getting precious people and supplies where they are most needed so the rebuilding can begin.

Conflict Zones

When conflict arises, we evacuate NGOs to safety. Often the aftermath can mean there are thousands of people displaced. Living in fear, they face hunger and isolation. MAF flies in food, shelter and healthcare to those in urgent need of help.

Church Evangelists

MAF has had a vision to carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth since the organisation began in 1945. Today, MAF is still serving the Church and those who carry the Gospel, plant churches, encourage Christians in distant communities and translate the Bible into the 'heart' languages of different people groups. Every year there are celebrations as a new Bible translation is flown into a remote village by MAF.

Education

Education opens up a world of possibility and a route out of poverty for people in the developing world. Whether it's flying children to remote school in PNG, school teachers in Arnhem Land, supporting NGO projects that help keep girls in school in South Sudan, or ferrying text books and exam papers, MAF is helping to sow hope into the next generation and open up opportunities for children and adults in their own communities.

Peace-Making

MAF helps to facilitate the work of partner organisations in bringing together those with opposing views to rediscover their shared humanity - promoting forgiveness and reconciliation within communities. We're honoured to be part of the sensitive process of peace-making, through bringing together those who want to lay aside their differences, and the peace-builders who help them find ways to do so.

MAF multiplies the effectiveness of over 1,400 organisations

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“Without the vital services provided by MAF, RAM would be unable to reach the remote parts of PNG without huge difficulty. We, therefore, would like to give our thanks to MAF for a very long-lasting partnership which has greatly aided RAM’s ability to provide a service to the remote parts of PNG.”

- Tim Freeman, Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM), Papua New Guinea

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OUR STORIES

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 littleRead more

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, wheRead more

Maximum Effort Ministry

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The Pilot Who Saved My Life

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"Ate logu, Timor-Leste"

After three years serving in Timor-Leste with Nick as the Country Director, the Hitchins family are relocating to Cairns, Australia, where Nick will take up the role of Business Analytics andRead more

Flying with Purpose

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Surrendering to the Call of God

The new student sits alone in the sun on an outdoorchair. His notes on his lap and his eyes closed. Hespeaks to himself, methodically working through a checklist with his hands reaching forRead more

A Light in the Darkness

While the lights remain on at Mouglu’s health centre, villagers know they have access to help, hope and healing. Having reliable solar electricity is literally a matter of life and death for theRead more

Welcome to Papua New Guinea

Cobus & Tronel and their three children Isak, Jana and Karlien moved to Papua New Guinea in March 2024 to serve with MAF. When joining the MAF program in PNG, new staff and families take part in TheRead more

MAF rescue reunites mother and daughter

The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domesticRead more

Overcoming the barriers: How MAF helps medevac patients return home

Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcomingRead more

Take a look inside MAF's Mareeba hangar

MAF is known for its work in the air, but some of the most important tasks are done on the ground by our talented team of engineers.  Thanks to the generosity of MAF supporters, a new $4 million hanRead more
 

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