News archive

(16 Apr 2010)

Peggy and baby Nicki were beneficiaries of a Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) medical evacuation flight in Papua New Guinea last year. One year on, pilot Michael Duncalfe met them again.

(16 Mar 2010)

CMA story of how life changed for Nibol and Nyabel following eye surgery

(11 Mar 2010)

(09 Mar 2010)

MAF's comparative experience in setting up communication capabilities in Haiti vs. Sumatra

(03 Mar 2010)

Ruth Kambenga shares the 2010 plans of a Dodoma evangelistic team to reach remote communities with the Gospel

(22 Feb 2010)

MAF flew 524kgs of blood supplies to hospitals in the Karamoja region of Uganda. Overland transportation of these supplies is not an option.

(16 Feb 2010)

One month on from the devastating earthquake, MAF's aircraft continue to fly to outlying areas bringing supplies to people in need. Harry Berghuis reports on some of MAF's flights...

(16 Feb 2010)

A recent MAF flight, from our Uganda base into the Nuba Mountain region of Sudan, enabled a team from Flame International to minister to hundreds.

(10 Feb 2010)

A report from Tanzania on one of MAF's regular shuttle flights.

(10 Feb 2010)

Corina de Waal, wife of MAF's new programme manager in Madagascar, flew in to Beroroha to join the 'Madagascar Medical Safari' with Hoveraid. She reports on the experience.

(08 Feb 2010)

This afternoon I landed in Juba (well, strictly it was Captain Bryan Pill who landed but you get the gist!), the capital of southern Sudan, where I will be based for a few days.

(02 Feb 2010)

In southern Sudan, MAF aircraft flew 47 bishops, canons and priests of Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) to Rumbek to attend a conference to discuss the instability within the country and identify ways in which the Church can promote peace.

(02 Feb 2010)

MAF flies CBM for two-week eye clinic in southern Sudan where more than 300 blind people receive sight.

(20 Jan 2010)

(13 Jan 2010)

A powerful earthquake rocked Haiti on 12 January, creating destruction and hundreds are feared dead. With a base in Haiti, MAF is assessing how best to help in the emergency response

(22 Dec 2009)

A Gospel Fire International team are rejoicing after they held a series of evangelical meetings in Moyale and Marsabit, north-eastern Kenya. MAF aircraft helped to transport the team there.

(22 Dec 2009)

MAF flights support the outreach ministry of Ulaanbaatar Baptist Church in Mongolia

(21 Dec 2009)

'Sometimes MAF flights have spin-offs that you don't expect.' These are the words of missionary John Rowse who shares a remarkable story about how God puts people in the right place at just the right time so that thousands of students can receive Bible teaching.

(04 Dec 2009)

The community of Laisamis, Kenya, now has a water supply, marking the completion of an 18-month borehole project supported by MAF

(05 Nov 2009)

'We can't believe it! What a miracle!' That was the response of medical expert Jill Seaman when the MAF plane arrive with life-saving medication following a terrible outbreak of kala-azar in a remote corner of southern Sudan

(04 Nov 2009)

Seven-year-old Anna had been deaf in ther right ear since she was two. When MAF flew a medical mission team to her community on the shores of Lake Victoria, they were able to help her. What caused her deafness? The answer might surprise you...

(01 Oct 2009)

Within 24 hours of the massive earthquake that shook Sumatra, Indonesia, on 30 September, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) was flying in medical supplies and assisting survey efforts to assess the damage.

(25 Sep 2009)

During the rainy season, our pilots are negotiating storms, turbulance and soft airstrips. Read on...

(17 Sep 2009)

MAF's monthly flight from South Africa to Mozambique helps many, including orphans...

(14 Sep 2009)

A woman who was shot while travelling by road in Sudan was flown by Mission Aviation Fellowship to hospital in Kenya.

(11 Sep 2009)

MAF planes have been flying in emergency food supplies to some of the worst affected areas in Kenya

(02 Sep 2009)

A team of 13 spent time with MAF in Arnhem Land, northern Australia ministering to the local people and helping out with building work.

(26 Aug 2009)

Space shuttle Discovery to carry a piece of MAF history

(17 Aug 2009)

Our team in Uganda has been busy with many flight requests..

(12 Aug 2009)

MAF evacuates a 15-year old boy to hospital in Timika, Papua ....

(03 Aug 2009)

Villagers in Gorimba, Tanzania, gathered to witness the first-ever landing at their brand new airstrip last Saturday - an MAF plane. The door is opened for medical care to come...

(31 Jul 2009)

Thousands of people are still feeling the effects of cyclone Aila two months after it hit coastal Bangladesh and India. MAF's amphibious floatplane is bring relief to the affected area...

(21 Jul 2009)

MAF pilot Laura Westley flies for Living Hope in Gulu to see the transformation work that is going on among women.

(10 Jul 2009)

Hundreds of blind people can now see, after MAF flew eye doctors to remote Aweil in southern Sudan

(06 Jul 2009)

MAF rescues remote AIM missionaries accused of stealing rain...

(01 Jul 2009)

MAF pilots handle demanding flight schedules to overcome the obstacles and help meet people's needs.

(01 Jul 2009)

Evacuation of Mbarara crash victim to Kampala.

(21 May 2009)

Amidst political turmoil and pirates, MAF is a lifeline for World Vision's relief workers in Somalia

(21 May 2009)

MAF multiplies Tearfund's work in vast southern Sudan

(21 May 2009)

MAF's floatplane in Bangladesh helps to save the life of an elderly woman

(07 May 2009)

MAF's first Kodiak, destined for Papua in Indonesia, is dedicated in Nampa, USA

(23 Apr 2009)

MAF unites with churches in a vision to reach out to an area of Tanzania without access to even basic amenities

(23 Apr 2009)

MAF helps World Harvest Mission build a spiritual harvest in southern Sudan

(09 Apr 2009)

Medical emergency flight for a three-year-old boy in the Karamoja region of Uganda

(09 Apr 2009)

An Alaskan mission team paves the way for healthcare for the isolated Nuer people

(21 Jan 2009)

(01 Jan 2009)

When life is at stake, our planes are air ambulances, speeding critically ill patients to hospital. Pilot Derek Reeh explores the nature of medical emergency flights - including an unusual night event...

(01 Nov 2008)

MAF continues to fly in the Democratic Republic of Congo

(16 Oct 2008)

Tragedy in northern Australia as MAF plane crashes

(01 Oct 2008)

Discipleship in Tanzania