Getting back on your feet
Our partner in Nepal, Mountain Child, together with MAF recently helped a man get back on his feet after severe frostbite left him unable to walk.
Our partner in Nepal, Mountain Child, together with MAF recently helped a man get back on his feet after severe frostbite left him unable to walk.
A few members of the MountainChild staff were trekking deep in the mountains near Manaslu Mountain when they came across an Indian beggar in a makeshift tent beside a wall of rocks. He had been exposed to the freezing temperatures that the Nepalese Himalayas are renowned for and had suffered severe frostbite to his feet.
He was trapped on the mountain without aid, because he had ventured into a region that disliked his caste. Nobody was willing to offer to help him and he was in too bad a shape to walk away himself.
They wanted to help the man, so called back to the MountainChild office who in turn contacted MAF. MAF had scheduled flights around that area so they hoped there would be a spare seat to get the man to a hospital for medical assistance as soon as possible. MAF did have space for the man and subsidised the cost of the 18-minute flight, with MountainChild covering his medical expenses and a Nepali church volunteering to shuttle his to appointments.
The man is now receiving medical treatment as we speak, both for his feet and for mental illness.
This is a great story of four organisations working together to serve ‘the least of these’ (Matthew 25:40).
Illness, accidents and childbirth complications can be catastrophic for those living in remote and isolated areas. Hours or days of overland travel to reach the hospital are not an option for those with life-threatening medical problems
500 days after the 2015 earthquake, you’re helping Nepal to get back on its feet – and back to school!
MAF has flown its 4,000 passenger in Nepal! Medecins du Monde (MDM) has been flying with MAF since we began assisting with earthquake relief efforts back in April. Simon Woolridge, Country Director for MDM, joined a flight to the village of Chaukati where needs are high as ever.
From child trafficking to earthquakes, Mountain Child is doing what it can to alleviate the suffering of Nepal's most vulnerable children. And the MAF-co-ordinated helicopters are vital to reach the most remote.
We do love a good 'thank you' video here at MAF. This one is from Inspire International after we facilitated helicopter relief flights for their medical team in Nepal following the earthquakes.
Partnerships are saving and helping real lives in Nepal. One of our partners in Nepal is Helimission, and the International Director joined a flight with local NGO to bring hope to a village devastated by the earthquakes. (Photos © Simon Tanner, Helimission)
Five days after the first Nepali earthquake on 25 April, Médecins du Monde drove four hours into an area that was heavily damaged by the earthquake. (Photograph © Médecins du Monde)
After a five-day trek to survey villages destroyed by the Nepal earthquakes, Daniel from Himalayan Life books helicopter relief flights through MAF to return with life-saving relief.
Nima needed urgent medical care. After being trapped under her crumbling house following the Nepal earthquakes, she suffered a severe hip fracture and internal bleeding. The only way out was by helicopter.
The earthquakes in Nepal have made villages which were accessible by foot now only be reached by air. Daniel from United Vision Nepal explains how they are using MAF to bring relief.
After the second earthquake struck Nepal, LuAnne Cadd joined an MAF-coordinated flight with Acted to see if villages near the epicentre needed help. What she saw was shocking.
It’s been all over the news and continues to be. The earthquake that started a whole saga of destruction has gutted Nepal and over 8000 lives have been lost.
Silas' home community now lays in ruins after the earthquake hit Nepal. But getting emergency food relief to his area village looked impossible until... our helicopter service was set up.
MAF Pilot Dave Forney takes a medical team to the hard-hit mountains of northern Nepal.
Two German medical students recently spent their semester break volunteering at the Kompiam Hospital, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Magdalena (Leni) Bonleitner recalls their experiences of rural clinics and flying with MAF.
After months of an untreated infectious wound on her leg, a young girl called Masha was at risk of losing her limb – then MAF stepped in to help.
Lives are changed on every MAF medical safari to the remote town of Beroroha
One of our youngest 'frequent fliers' Samuel Letikirich has a hope of walking again after being born with bilateral club foot, thanks to the MAF plane.
A 23-year-old woman is experiencing labour complications, but as she lives in a remote village in Papua New Guinea, she needed an MAF aircraft to get the urgent hospital care she needs.
MAF Pilot Dallas Derksen witnessed first-hand how disabled children in the Mongolian Countryside are accessing services they need
Senior Communications Officer LuAnne Cadd, who joined the Kilimatinde Safari to Chidudu earlier this year, shares what our flights mean to people in this remote community. Photos: LuAnne Cadd
MAF's scheduled flight from Wewak was cancelled at the very last minute. But then the phone rang! An urgent medevac flight was required. And Agatha's village was in the opposite direction. (Photos: Ludmer Meiko)
EMERGENCY FLIGHT | Chris walked through the door and I could immediately tell his day had been far from easy. There was a tukul fire in Kajo Keji. The two boys lost their mother in the blaze...
Beautiful Borneo - hundreds of miles of uninhabited jungle. There are absolutely no roads to the village where we are flying. The only way in and out is by plane. Story and photos by Matt and Ellie Sheer.
A story of rescue and faith. When we received a message that a Papuan man had fallen from a tree, MAF pilot Pieter van Dijk flew to the remote community where Ferry lived to evacuate him. Story and video by Tjeerd van Dijk
Two-year-old Fitia suffered severe burns when a pot of boiling water fell on her, but a medevac flight in an MAF plane meant she could receive the life-saving treatment she needed.
Our team in Papua, Indonesia, continues to make life-saving flights for people in remote areas who have no other way to reach hospital in times of emergency. People like Mika.
Sight has been restored and lives transformed in remote Suai in Timor-Leste, thanks to the combination of MAF's aircraft and this dedicated eye surgery team.
Five days after the first Nepali earthquake on 25 April, Médecins du Monde drove four hours into an area that was heavily damaged by the earthquake. (Photograph © Médecins du Monde)
LuAnne Cadd meets an inspirational eye-team MAF flew to a remote corner of South Sudan
How four organisations worked together to change a Mongolian family forever
Struggling to breathe, three-week-old Jiona joins an MAF plane on Atauro island for a flight to save her life
MAF Pilot Dave Forney follows the tragic story of a young girl in Uganda
MAF is supporting efforts to combat a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A boy in a remote mountain community in Papua New Guinea is glad to be alive after being bitten by a death adder
A beach runway has reopened on Timor-Leste’s Atauro island, allowing MAF to be a lifeline to its residents
We have a new aircraft in Papua New Guinea - and it's already come to the rescue of several people in remote communities
MAF Madagascar’s reputation as a supplier of medical aid makes all the difference to Nononje, an elderly lady wounded in a cattle raid