Stories
We hope these stories, told by MAF staff, our partners and supporters, will both inform and encourage you
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Medair’s Fight to Stop Malaria
In 2016 Medair fought a massive upsurge in malaria cases at the Yusuf Batil Refugee Camp in South Sudan, putting into place measures...
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Flying for a sustainable future
Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom of God is remarkably consistent with the vision of a sustainable future recently adopted by the...
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Learning to Run
Reaching the Light’s therapists and a dedicated mother help to give speech and movement to a special needs child. Story and photos by LuAnne Cadd
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MAF's great adventure begins!
In September 1947, a small, four-seater plane began its six-week tour of the British Isles as the first aircraft destined for mission...
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Changing the odds
After years of civil war and Ebola that decimated the health care system in Liberia, Partners In Health is committed to changing the odds for the...
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Gathering the flocks in Lesotho
Merrill, a missionary with Africa Inland Mission (AIM), seves the Basotho shepherds of the remote mountainous regions of Lesotho. She...
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Light at the end of the tunnel
Therapists with Reaching the Light bring life-changing help and hope to young Nomin, who suffered brain damage due to jaundice, and her...
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Changing Lives, One Wave at a Time
Waves for Change is an organisation that empowers young adults suffering the depression and hopelessness resulting from the civil war...
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Baby chicks on board!
How many chickens can you fit in an MAF airplane? Jill Holmes recalls transporting this rather chirpy cargo on one of MAF pilot Dave Holmes'...
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Four medevacs are better than one!
When a medevac flight was delayed by bad weather God’s sovereign purposes were at work in a seemingly hopeless situation
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13-year old Naadam rider is flown to hospital in Mongolia
Pilot Roy Rissanen flew an urgent medevac flight after an accident at a traditional Nadaam festival left a...
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Arnhem Land kids love sports
If it’s not AFL (Australian Football), it’s basketball. If it’s not basketball it’s volleyball. If it’s not volleyball it’s running......
