Stories
We hope these stories, told by MAF staff, our partners and supporters, will both inform and encourage you
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'Pray that the rain will stop!'
Mission organisations including MAF sprung into action last weekend when devastating floods stripped people in Sentani, Papua of their...
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How has MAF been responding to Cyclone Idai?
MAF was quickly airborne after category 3 Cyclone Idai made landfall near the port city of Beira in Mozambique on Thursday...
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World Book Day
World Book Day is all about helping young people to talk passionately and confidently about the books they love. We asked some of our younger MAFers to...
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Roadtrip to reach hospital in time
When they can't fly, the critically ill face long and painfully bumpy overland journeys to hospital. This firsthand account from...
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Cherishing a remote language
Many of Papua New Guinea's 800 languages are spoken by just a few hundred people. The Ende language has 700 speakers in three villages...
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Sowing seeds for the future
Giving out seeds and tools to help rural farmer is not enough for MAF passengers from ACTED. The agriculturalists teach improved farming...
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Celebrating in the Rendille mother tongue
In August 2018, people gathered in Korr from around the world to celebrate the completion of the Rendille New Testament. Three...
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The Good News Hospital
MAF partners Mat and Katy Linley work with AIM (Africa Inland Mission) at the Good News Hospital in Mandritsara, Madagascar.
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Happy World Radio Day!
Radio: a constant and reliable communication channel. Reaching across high mountains and treacherous landscapes, radio communication has been...
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Medair mission accomplished
In April 2018, conflict forced a large number of people to flee Rumbek North in central South Sudan. They ended up in Yirol as Internally...
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Cold weather protocol
MAF Pilot Roy Rissanen shares some fascinating insights into cold weather operations in Mongolia. Here's how you keep a plane flying when the...
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Epaulettes for cancer awareness
Dressed in a blue shirt and cargo trousers, MAF pilot Mel Laird looks just like any other pilot in the Arnhem Land team. If you look...
