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03 Dec 2024
Gift of Care – Fly one CURE doctor
For just £149, you can fly one doctor to bring essential medical help and hope to more children in Kenya
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03 Dec 2024
Gift of Sight – Fly a doctor to provide an eye care safari
Donate just £17 and fly an eye specialist today
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03 Dec 2024
Gift of Hope – Deliver Bible Boxes in the local language
Donate £39 to purchase a Bible Box, enabling MAF to deliver hope to a remote community today
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28 Nov 2024
Giving Tuesday 2024
Help us finish the construction of houses that will sustain MAF staff and their families for decades to come
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28 Nov 2024
Gift of Flight – Fuel the next flight with jerrycans of fuel
Donate £49 and fill a plane with two jerrycans of fuel today
Ryan & Annabel Koher are expecting their third child in December (credit: Ryan Koher)
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12 Nov 2024
Case against MAF pilot Ryan Koher finally dismissed!
Mozambican authorities have finally dropped their case against pilot Ryan Koher after two years. Ryan – who works for MAF affiliate Ambassador Aviation Ltd (AAL) in Mozambique - was falsely accused of supporting rebels on 7 November 2022 and spent over four months in prison. MAF US says the investigation is now over. (more…)
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01 Nov 2024
Jack’s 80th anniversary message
'You are one of the delights of the world!’ So says our last surviving founder member, Squadron Leader Jack Hemmings, who flew the very first MAF plane on the very first flight into Africa. Your gift will deliver help, hope and healing.
Marcus flanked by his wife Julie (L) & Anna Beck - MAF’s head of finance (R) (credit: Rebecca Hansen)
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26 Oct 2024
MAF’s ‘Master Air Pilot’ Marcus Grey picks up prestigious award
On 25th October, Captain Marcus Grey - chief flight instructor, chief pilot and head of operations at MAF Mareeba’s flight school – was awarded the ‘Captain John Ashton Memorial Award’ by the ‘Honourable Company of Air Pilots’ in London. He’s clocked up 40 years of service and over 17,000 flight hours around the globe, making him one of MAF’s most experienced and highly qualified pilots of all time. Marcus shares his incredible journey. (more…)
MAF flies hydrocephalus & spina bifida patients from S. Sudan to Uganda to access care (credit: Jenny Davies)
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25 Oct 2024
MAF helps fight hydrocephalus and spina bifida
On ‘World spina bifida and hydrocephalus day’, we explore how MAF works with OVCI in South Sudan and CURE International in Uganda and Kenya so that sick, isolated children battling these conditions can access the lifesaving treatment they so desperately need. (more…)
MAF & World Vision collaborated to fight the 80s famine in Ethiopia (credit: Keith Ketchum)
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24 Oct 2024
How MAF enabled BBC’s 1984 ‘Biblical famine’ report from Ethiopia
40 years ago on 23 October 1984, Sir Bob Geldof saw the BBC’s landmark report from famine-ravaged Ethiopia. As a result, he co-founded ‘Band Aid’ and released ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ which changed the face of fundraising forever. On the ‘Flying for Life’ podcast, MAF’s Keith Ketchum recalls how his team saved millions from starvation and enabled the BBC to capture that devastating footage. (more…)
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23 Oct 2024
New podcast Ep.9 – 40th anniversary of the Ethiopian famine
In 1984, Sir Bob Geldof saw the BBC’s ‘Biblical famine’ report from Ethiopia, which sparked ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas?’ and ‘Live Aid’. MAF’s Keith Ketchum recalls how he flew in hundreds of tons of food and enabled the BBC to capture that devastating footage. Sam Baguma from MAF’s disaster response team compares how MAF tackles disasters today.
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