Development projects

Tearfund workers Paul Gol & Lucy Gigonyo discuss an earth dam project near Lengima, northern Kenya. The dams enable livestock to remain nearer home and so provide more ample milk for the herders. 010407/MAF_Kenya_135.TIF

Across the developing world many organisations seek to develop sustainable systems that can be left in the hands of local people.

MAF Flights are depended upon for water projects, animal husbandry, delivering agricultural supplies, economic conservation work and delivering education and literacy materials.
We also provide fast, safe, efficient transport for specialist staff to provide training and ongoing support to communities.

Basket business

Baskets woven by women in northern Kenya fill spaces in planes returning to Nairobi. These baskets are then sold, enabling the impoverished women to give their families a daily hot meal.

Women farming on their new shambas (farms), on land reclaimed from the river by the Diocese of Lodwar, Kenya. Previously, the river had flooded their good land, destroying any chance of producing crops and threatening their homes. MAF regularly flies to Lodwar for the Diocese. 011005/1497-09-164 ed.tif

Water is a concern for many living in dry, sandy Bayankhongor, Mongolia, so a 13-metre-deep well, built himself, provides a good solution for Baatar, who has joined ADRA's agricultural project. This water is renowned for being the cleanest in the town. 200607/1860-03-136 ed.tif

Pilot Marcos Habtetsion loads baskets onto the aircraft at Lodwar, Kenya. Turkana women from nearby villages weave these baskets which are then flown on an empty MAF plane on it's return to Nairobi, to be shipped and sold, providing the women with an income. The Lodwar Weaving Project was organised by missionary Elisabeth Bode. 200803/12_13 Lodwar-Baskets+plane.JPG