MAF News and Reports
MAF provides relief flights in response to Cyclone Idai
MAF has been assisting with disaster relief flights in the wake of Cyclone Idai. The powerful tropical cyclone hit the coastal city of Beira, Mozambique. Early reports say there are over 100 deaths and [...]
Sheltering the homeless in Sentani
Heavy rains have caused major flooding and landslides in Sentani, Papua, Indonesia over the past few days. Many lives and homes have been lost in this disaster. MAF staff based in Sentani have been [...]
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 Displaced People (IDP). Medair’s Emergency Response Team did an [...]
Cold weather protocol in Mongolia
MAF Pilot Roy Rissanen shares some fascinating insights into cold weather operations in Mongolia. Here are ten fascinating facts about flying when the temperatures plunge well below zero. The average household freezer runs at [...]
Medevac twins still thriving at five in Timor-Leste
Back in 2013, MAF Timor-Leste received an urgent call to help 23-year-old Elizita Cardoso, a young mother whose joy at expecting twins turned to fear when she began to show signs of pre-eclampsia pregnancy complications.The [...]
Healthcare brings hope for the Turkana
The Turkana are some of Kenya’s most isolated and disadvantaged people. An estimated 90% of this pastoralist community live below the poverty line. Serving them are a team of roughly 20 healthcare workers at [...]