Stories
We hope these stories, told by MAF staff, our partners and supporters, will both inform and encourage you
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Chad Famine Relief - 1985
Early in 1985, word came to us from Chad: 30,000 would die of starvation in the Bébalém district if nothing was done. The most vulnerable were...
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Welcoming the weary in DRC
‘A touch says we’re all in this together,’ explains MAF Pilot Jon Cadd. ‘It helps make people feel more at ease.’
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The hungry are fed in South Sudan
There was a great celebration when the food trucks finally rolled into Mundri South Sudan in March - four months later than planned.
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Tricycles for change in South Sudan
Simon Sala works to raise the quality of life for disabled people in South Sudan by helping to get them mobile.
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A night at Nakurio in 1971
The following report was published in an issue of MAF News in June 1971. The writer, MAF Pilot Les Brown, accompanied Dr. Dick Anderson of...
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Life among the Gabbra of northern Kenya
Eddie and Rachel Andersen and their six children work amongst the Gabbra tribe in Northern Kenya, a people group spread over a...
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Critical care in Mongolia
Our work week started with an urgent call to pick up a baby suffering from a serious illness
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Special delivery for earthquake areas
What can you do with a cargo of solar lights and tarpaulins, Bibles, guitars and tambourines, soccer balls and volleyballs, hinges...
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National Volunteers Week begins with a banger!
MAF Volunteer Dr Andrew Steele (71), is limbering up for his annual ‘sausageathon’ – where he lovingly prepares yards of...
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Gunshot medevacs save lives in South Sudan
Last week MAF flew medevac flights for two men who sustained gunshot wounds in separate attacks on the country's...
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Responding to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
MAF's Ebola response continued this week as a new airstrip was opened in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Starting from scratch in Myanmar
How do you begin to work in an isolated community that has no outside access? We spoke to ...
