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Mozambique

Years of brutal civil war and extensive flooding in some regions, mean that Mozambique has barely 2,000 miles of reasonably paved roads.

An additional 1,500 miles are seriously undermined by potholes and huge washed out sections. Missionaries and other aid organisations lose precious time trying to reach people using four-wheel-drive vehicles.

From its base in Nampula, MAF serves mission agencies, national churches, and NGOs, working with people groups such as the Makua, Makonde, Lomwe, Chuabo and Yao of northern Mozambique.

A journey that formerly required three gruelling days of travel by truck, now takes only hours or minutes by MAF aircraft, increasing the capacity for evangelism, Bible translation and support for struggling, indigenous churches.

Making the best use of precious resources is essential in a country where one in six children dies before the age of five.

With MAF’s help, humanitarian groups can more effectively help with environmental protection, literacy programmes, and agricultural and rural development assistance.

In just one year, the flying doctor service visited Gurué’s remote villages and was able to treat 3,739 patients, making house calls to those who were too sick to get to a clinic.

Professional medical treatment for people with AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and a variety of diseases was given to patients whose only option until then was to consult with powerful traditional healers.

Quick Facts

Main Base:

Nampula

Programme Began:

1999

Aircraft:

One Cessna 206
One Cessna 208B

Staff:

7 International
21 National

Did you know?

We served 904 passengers across 31 locations in 2022, and work with 21 partner organisations

Partners on the ground

MozMed
SIL
VAMOZ
WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)
YWAM (Youth with a Mission)

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About MAF UK

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator. For over 75 years we have been flying light aircraft over jungles, mountains, swamps and deserts. We enable more than 1,400 aid, development and mission organisations to bring medical care, emergency relief and long-term development. Our pilots and personnel deliver relief workers, doctors, pastors, school books, food, medicines - everything that can only be safely and speedily delivered by air. Our faithful supporters give and pray to make this all possible.