Stories
We hope these stories, told by MAF staff, our partners and supporters, will both inform and encourage you
-
Educating the girls of South Sudan
GESS is a five-year programme to get girls going to school, staying in school, and learning in school, and to directly benefits over...
-
Boxing Day delivery
Help, hope and healing arrived in thousands of remote communities in 2017 thanks to an estimated 198,000 gifts from our fantastic UK supporters!
-
Right time, right place
In August 2016, Geoff Boer was having a normal day. Just after dinner, disaster struck as he experienced a heart attack. he was flown for...
-
Chadian Christmas in Tchaguine
Hannah Mumford shares her memories of celebrating Christmas in a remote Chadian village with husband Andrew, an MAF pilot, and Zac and...
-
What's so hard about flying a floatplane in Kalimantan?
The differences between a floatplane and a wheeled aircraft seem pretty obvious. But when it comes to actually...
-
Bring the doctor to the patient in Madagascar
In April 2016, MAF organised for a medical team to be flown to a patient called Melanie in a critical condition. She...
-
Outback adventure in Arnhem Land
Students at the Flight Training Centre in Mareeba get a unique opportunity to go on a remote area safari and visit a MAF operational...
-
Enabled by faith
In 2013, during a visit to Bartholomew’s Orphanage in Kajo Keji, Communications Officer Jill Vine noticed a rusting wheelchair frame that belonged to...
-
PNG pastors cross the 'tech gap'
MAF Technology Services (CRMF in Papua New Guinea) provides basic computer training for pastors and church leaders.
-
A busy 'day in the life' of pilot Jason Job
Recently MAF pilot Jason Job recorded a typical working day in Dili, Timor-Leste where he lives with his wife Kim and six...
-
A mother's greatest challenge
MAF has been flying for Tearfund to several locations across South Sudan. The Passengers and plumpy’nut cargo we carry is helping to...
-
24 hours of life
Medair operates a 24-hour maternity facility at the Yusuf Batil camp for Sudanese refugees in the far northeast corner of South Sudan. MAF has been...
