Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
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MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
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Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more
MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
Read more
Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more
MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
Read more
Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more
MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
Read more
Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more
MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
Read more
Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
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Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
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Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
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Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
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Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
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Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
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MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
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A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
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A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
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A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
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A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
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Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
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MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
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Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more
MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
Read more
Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more
Fuel crisis impacts remote corners of PNG
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more
MAF’s rapid response rescues women facing domestic violence
A partnership with Miyalk Domestic and Family Violence Shelter helps women to flee dangerous situations in Arnhem Land, but MAF’s ability to respond quickly can be a life saver. MAF Arnhem Land pilot Chris Coffee was flying healthcare workers between communities on a routine charter when he received a call requesting the immediate extraction of […]
Read more
Silent tragedy: Mission to support Tanzanian mums
In just 45 minutes, a team from Maternity Africa flew with MAF to a dusty airstrip in northeast Tanzania with a mission to raise awareness on the devastating impact of obstetric fistula. MAF provided transport from Arusha to Malambo, for a team from Maternity Africa, who run the Kivulini Maternity Centre. Michael Hynds, the Country Director […]
Read more
Hope for mums giving birth by torchlight
Work by MAF Technologies has made power more reliable for an isolated PNG community hospital. A Story by MAF Technologies, Kowara Bell. Judith Charles, a local midwife at Telefomin Rural Hospital, knows that babies can arrive at any time of the day or night – and her job is so much harder when the lights […]
Read more
‘Souls got saved’: Pastor’s inspiring story of hope and healing
Missions Director says flying with MAF gave him more time to train Liberian church leaders and share the gospel. Reverend Wellington Greene returned with MAF from the south-eastern community of Zwedru, bursting with the good news of God’s power. The International Missions Director of Rhema Pentecostal Church had been taking part in a three-day revival […]
Read more
A Heart for the Delivery of Basic Needs
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting the delivery of basic needs in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Around the world a MAF […]
Read more
A Heart for Christian Ministry
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting Christian ministry in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A church in a bus, in a plane, [...]
Read more
A Heart for Ground Crew & Engineering
Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programmes.
Read more
A Heart for Medical Care
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting medevacs and medical related flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Photo and text: Svein-Robert Solberg […]
Read more
A Heart for Emergency Rescues and Disaster Response
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting emergency rescues and disaster responses in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. A partnership with Miyalk Domestic […]
Read more
A Heart for Education
Thank you for letting us know about what you’re interested in. We’re excited to share more with you about the ways MAF is supporting educational flights in the year ahead. To get you started, below you can read an introduction to what we’re doing in this area. Story and Images by Janne Rytkonen The busy […]
Read more
Father and newborn saved by medevac in Papua New Guinea
After a successful birth at Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea, a family of three contracted life-threatening diseases when trekking back through the jungle to their home village.
Read more
MAF in Timor-Leste: A Perspective
Story Written by: James Benjamin, MAF Australia Board Member The dawn was still with a pale pink clear sky reflecting off the calm Banda Sea. I was leaving home in Metiaut, Dili on my way to the Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport to experience an intra country air shuttle service recently launched by MAF Timor-Leste. […]
Read more
Eliptamin Women’s Conference – MAF in Papua New Guinea
Report by: Bernie Axon who has been serving with her husband Richie and their family with MAF in Papua New Guinea since 2010. Photos by: Mandy Glass An event hosting over 500 women would be a big undertaking in any country. But when you take into account the remoteness and lack of infrastructure in PNG, […]
Read more
Evacuating Refugees from Renk – Help to Get Home
On Tuesday, 4 July, 16 refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan arrived in Juba on a MAF flight from Renk organised by Citizens Call -Emergency Response Rehabilitation Initiative (ERRI). For Pilot Jonathon Pound, it was a 6 hour round flight battling weather on the outbound journey and the clock on the way back. As Jono […]
Read more
Help is on the Way for Refugees from Sudan
The boxes being loaded into the plane at Juba International Airport include RUFT – a therapeutic food stuff, similar to Plumpy’Nut, used in the treatment of severe malnutrition. The freight, flown to Renk in Upper Nile State, by Pilot Andy MacDonald has been organised by Citizen’s Call. A few weeks ago, a team from Citizen’s […]
Read more
Rhonda’s crucial connection with Yolngu people
Meet MAF Arnhem Land’s friendly local voice helping Indigenous people to travel for essential needs As a proud Yolngu woman with deep family connections to Arnhem Land, Rhonda Yunupingu has special reasons to care about the service MAF provides. Rhonda works with MAF’s operations team at the programme’s Gove Airport base, dealing with bookings and […]
Read more
Kenya: Flights help transform the lives of children living with disabilities
A medical team was able to offer medical services to children after a MAF flight landed in remote airstrips. Every time a MAF plane lands in these remote airstrips, it is seen as a sign of hope for the locals who flock to meet help. MAF Pilot Daniel Gill flew a team of ten, north […]
Read more
Reconnecting with Grace and her Dad – Six Years after a Medevac Saved her Life
Story and photos by Mandy Glass, Communications Officer, MAF Papua New Guinea Earlier this year, my pilot husband was needed to facilitate some airstrip training out of Telefomin. I often go along on such short-term postings as these trips always provide great story opportunities for me, being one of MAF PNG’s Communications Officers. I love […]
Read more
Shuttle and Charter services around Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory
With vast distances between communities and poor road connections over difficult terrain, flights by VH-MQR help people and supplies reach remote indigenous areas. In December when the Australian academic year comes to a close, the GA8 aircraft had a special task of transporting family members to celebrate students’ achievements. It is particularly significant in this […]
Read more