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Miracle baby Hajam's first Christmas

Your gift this Christmas will ensure more miracle children like Hajam get to see their first or next Christmas

£45 enables 20-minute ‘air-ambulance’ life-saving flight

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It was every expectant mother’s worst nightmare

The fever, the chills, the cramping. Eliazefa knew something was dangerously wrong with her baby. The local clinic confirmed the worst. She had a life-threatening infection that needed expert medical care unavailable on her home island of Atauro in Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia.

As her husband Saloman looked on, he felt the anxiety rising. The nearest hospital in the capital Dili was a three-hour boat ride away on choppy seas. Eliazefa would likely never make it.

This nightmare is faced by thousands of families in the most remote regions on earth. Their location denies them access to even basic healthcare that most of us don’t think twice about.

But for Eliazefa, there was a glimmer of hope…

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) – the world’s largest humanitarian air operator – provides the ONLY ‘air-ambulance’ medical emergency service for the government in Timor-Leste. MAF was quick to mobilise and get the young family to hospital in just 15 minutes.

“I was frightened…but when I heard that an MAF plane will come, I felt like there was hope.”

Eliazefa, Hajam’s mum

Eliazefa safely delivered a healthy baby boy named Hajam. The 15-minute flight saved their lives.

After three days in the national hospital, MAF flew them home. They are very much looking forward to their first Christmas as a family.

“We thank MAF for saving my wife and our baby’s life, and we pray that MAF will continue to serve the remote people in Timor-Leste.”

Saloman, Hajam’s Dad

But there are many, many more babies and mothers who don’t survive

Living in isolated locations and denied access to urgent basic healthcare in a crisis. You can help us reach them.

Your gift this Christmas can save a life:

£25

could provide and deliver an essential 'Mama Care Pack’ for mums like Eliazefa for critical care at childbirth

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£45

could fuel a 20-minute life-saving emergency medevac flight when disaster strikes.

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£98

could fuel three 15-minute emergency flights to save precious lives like Hajam's

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The experience and expertise of MAF’s brilliant team of pilots, engineers and logistics staff amplifies the remarkable work of the 1,400 partners we support worldwide, such as Tearfund, Save the Children, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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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.