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MAF Australia

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 8014 6450

Address: Unit 203, 14-16 Lexington Drive, Norwest Business Park, Bella Vista 2153 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.maf.org.au

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20.01.2022 #NationalVolunteerWeek2021 #NVW2021 This week's Staff Stories Sunday comes from MAF Volunteer in Arnhem Land, Cameron Wright. Take a moment to be inspired as Cameron explains what volunteering for MAF is all about. ... Thank you Cameron for your commitment, passion, enthusiasm and time to serve voluntarily, the people of Arnhem Land. You are amazing! To find out more about volunteering with MAF, click here: https://maf.org.au/voice/

19.01.2022 MAF officially launched its latest operation in Guinea, West Africa, this month following three years of extensive research. An in-depth study has revealed that the presence of a consistent, sustainable domestic airline will greatly enhance development and support the work of aid agencies and Christian ministry in the country. Dave Fyock, CEO of MAF International says: ‘We see a significant opportunity to bring help, hope and healing through aviation in Guinea. Please join us... in prayer as we lay the foundations for this new programme and make all the necessary preparations to begin flying in this country.’ Read more here: http://ow.ly/nnr650EPotd

18.01.2022 Opportunity of the Week: Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (Various Locations) Our Engineers keep our planes flying! Our aircraft land on some of the most challenging terrain you can imagine. Safety is key so the skill that an engineer brings to our aircraft is essential.... We are currently looking for LAMEs to join our teams in PNG and Uganda, to help maintain our fleet of Single Engine Turbine and Single Engine Piston aircraft. Read more on this link: https://maf.org.au//licenced-aircraft-maintenance-enginee/

18.01.2022 #motivationalmonday "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9 Last week in one single day, these two Caravans together flew over 8000kg of food, passengers, coffee, peanuts and cocoa in and out of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. Simply amazing, and yes indeed, let us not grow weary of doing good as we begin this new week. Happy blessed Monday! ... . . #iflymaf #flyingforlife #papuanewguinea #75yearsofmaf #mafpng #caravan #pilotslife See more

18.01.2022 #traveltuesday It is the last Tuesday of Spring in Australia and therefore our last post in the Travel Tuesday series that we have been doing all Spring. MAF serves in 28 countries around the world and over the last three months we have travelled together (virtually!) to 11 of these. We hope you have enjoyed the trip. For our 12th and final destination, let us visit Tanzania. ... Wildlife, beaches, friendly people, fascinating cultures, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Mt Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar Archipelago Tanzania has all these and more wrapped up in one adventurous, welcoming package. (ref: The Lonely Planet). MAF began flying to Tanzania from Kenya in 1959. Later, co-founder Stuart King visited Tanzania, responding to Bishop Yohana Madinda's request. In 1977, we began a permanent programme in Dodoma to meet the needs of missionaries. Today, our focus is on medical and evangelistic ‘safaris’. National and missionary staff fly to remote villages to provide medical care, including antenatal and mother-and-child checks, and one-to-one evangelism. Thanks to these trips, isolated people can receive treatment and hear the Gospel.

18.01.2022 #throwbackthursday This week, all the pilots from MAF Papua New Guinea are gathering in Mt Hagen for training, sharing, and strengthening their skills so that they can continue to serve remote communities. This type of gathering happens once a year. Recently, MAF Australia Alumni Rob Paix shared this photo from the MAF PNG Staff Conference in Wewak in 1972! . .... #pioneers #legend #iflymaf #flyingforlife #pilotslife See more

17.01.2022 #throwbackthursday MAF Papua New Guinea's first float plane. Cessna 180 VH-BVR, July 1967. MAF Alumni Roger Young tells the following anecdote, "A story has been told that on one occasion Max Flavel took off in VH-BVR (on floats) and as he passed Wewak field gave his departure as VH-BVI - a normal wheeled Cessna 180. The tower queried his callsign and Max confirmed it was BVI. So the bloke in the tower gently said, "Max, if you take a look out the window you'll see a big cano...e-like thing!! Just make sure you do you next landing on water, NOT an airstrip!!" . . . #75yearsofmaf #mafpng #png #papuanewguinea #legacy See more

17.01.2022 Opportunity of the Week: Country Director, Liberia Liberia is one of the oldest republics in Africa, but also one of its poorest. The country has suffered from many years of civil war, as well as the devastation of the Ebola crisis in 2014. MAF has been working in Liberia for a number of years providing essential support as the only humanitarian flight service in the country. We now have an opportunity for a skilled leader to direct our Liberia programme.... Read more on this link: https://maf.org.au/current_vacanc/country-director-liberia/

16.01.2022 #feelgoodfriday Caption this!

16.01.2022 Congratulations once again to MAF Papua New Guinea on their 70th anniversary! The hard work, faithfulness, sacrifice and prayers of many involved in the MAF PNG story are a great reminder for us as we begin a new week. Have a blessed one friends! #motivationalmonday

15.01.2022 Staff Stories Sunday: Be encouraged by this testimony of how our teams in various locations are working together to overcome the many challenges that this Covid-19 season brings, to ensure that we at MAF can continue flying safely to bring hope to the isolated in the many locations where we serve. Read the story here: https://maf.org.au/latest-news/to-timor-leste-and-back/

14.01.2022 #throwbackthursday #75yearsofmaf As we continue to celebrate 75 years of MAF around the world, we are forever grateful for those who have served before us. Thank you. MAF Papua New Guinea Field Staff Conference, July 1983. .. .... . #iflymaf #flyingforlife #legacy #png #mafpng See more

14.01.2022 Opportunity of the Week: Experienced Mission Pilot (Multi Role) Guinea MAF is excited to begin serving the people of Guinea, West Africa soon. To help us do this, we are now looking for a Mission Pilot who will provide a professional aviation service to our customers and be flexible in supporting the programme by fulfilling multiple responsibilities including operational, quality and safety roles on a routine basis. Read more here: https://maf.org.au//experienced-mission-pilot-multi-role-/

13.01.2022 Staff Stories Sunday: Today's story comes from Anna Cuthel, serving with MAF in Kenya. Anna writes, "We have run out of Vegemite. It’s terrible. It happened a couple of weeks ago when the wretched dog finished off the final few squirts of that precious black gold by chewing through our last remaining tube. While I’ll admit having a break from the salty goodness of our national icon is not the end of the world, it is a physical reminder of how long it’s been since we’ve been ...home to Australia. Every time we come home we buy what we need from there that we can’t find herevegemite, decent cling film, underwear, kids presents for the birthdays and Christmases we’re gonna miss. This year, we’re out of all our stocks of all those things, and we’re missing home. Missing our families and the hugs, playdates and grandparent/cousin time that we would have had during the two month furlough that had been planned for July and August. It is a peculiar thing to have the option of home-coming removed from you. The Aussie government cancellation of flights and the crazy cost of hotel quarantining makes it almost impossible for Australian citizens to return to Australia right now. In this incredibly difficult year for our planet we are far from alone in grappling with disappointment. But wrestling with our desire to be home for Christmas and the simple inability to do so really brings home how very privileged we are that we are so accustomed to being able to do what we want, when we want to do it. It is a privilege that the majority of the world does not have, and it helps to keep this in our minds as we miss our tribe of family and friends in the Great South Land." Australia misses you too Cuthel family, and God bless you as you continue to serve far away from the Land Downunder for a highter, greater, Kingdom Purpose.

12.01.2022 #motivationalmonday "How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!" - Psalm 133:1. A photo from the recent Pilot's Meeting in Papua New Guinea. Please continue to pray for this amazing group of people and happy Monday from all of us at MAF Australia! . .... . #iflymaf #flyingforlife #pilotslife #maf #mafpng See more

12.01.2022 Today, 1 December, is Giving Tuesday - an opportunity to give back to the organisations making a difference in people’s lives. For one day each year, individuals, communities and business come together to give their time, money, goods or voices, to celebrate and thank Australian not-for-profits. If you are looking for a worthy cause to support this #GivingTuesday, check out our latest request - the avionics system on two of our aircraft in PNG are in desperate need of an upgrade. Your help is needed to fund them. Find out more here: https://maf.org.au/avionics/ and thank you for your continued support.

12.01.2022 Would you like to serve with MAF Australia as a Non-Executive Board Member? Are you highly proficient in any of the following areas: Cross-cultural Experience, Human Resources/ Recruitment, Law/Legal practice, Marketing, Aviation, Fundraising? Find out more here: https://maf.org.au//non-executive-board-member-voluntary-/

09.01.2022 Staff Stories Sunday: Today we want to honour the legendary Max Chapman. After 45 years of continuous service and ministry with MAF, Max has finally decided to hang up his active advocate hat for retirement (although we can’t help but think he will still be advocating for MAF wherever he goes (unofficially) ). Read about Max's amazing legacy and history with MAF on the link below. ... On behalf of all MAF Australia staff who you have touched with your amazing enthusiasm, faithfulness, and persistence, and all the people you have served in your many roles with MAF, we simply want to say Thank You, Max. Thank you for pioneering, thank you for staying the course, thank you for following His call on your life. God bless you Max. https://maf.org.au/latest-news/thank-you-max-chapman/ . . #legend #75yearsofmaf #pioneer #iflymaf #flyingforlife #missionary #missionarylife

08.01.2022 #motivationalmonday It is the last day of Spring here in Australia and as this new season of Summer begins, our prayer for you all is "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." - Romans 15:13. Amen.

07.01.2022 Today, November 25th, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. According to the United Nations, "Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today." MAF Uganda Pilot Andrew Parker recently committed to over a week away from his family in exchange for an extremely moving and life changing flight bringing women from the remote jungle in EDRC to the Panzi Ho...spital for restorative surgery after suffering domestic violence. Read the story on the link below: https://maf.org.au//restoration-for-victims-of-war-violen/ . . #bringhope #bringlife #flyingforlife #iflymaf #maf

04.01.2022 #feelgoodfriday 2020 has been a challenging year for schools around the world, including in Australia. At MAF Australia we are extremely grateful that the school’s doors have still be open for us to come in more often than not virtually - to share the amazing work that MAF is doing around the world with the next generation. 2020 saw the launch of the MAF Leadership Program and to date, 3 different groups of students across 2 schools with just under 20 students participatin...g in total have now undertaken this course. Here is a photo of students from Waverley Christian College in Melbourne proudly showing their certificates for completing the MAF Leadership Program throughout the year. We are excited for our schools program in 2021! To find out more information about how to get your school involved in 2021 click here: https://www.maf.org.au/schools

03.01.2022 From medevacs in Arnhem Land to exciting new projects in Myanmar, find out what's been happening with our latest edition of E-News! Story links: Subscribe to our quarterly magazine: https://bit.ly/38A4YhO Myanmar airstrip update: https://bit.ly/3n8iEoq... PNG Avionics Appeal: https://maf.org.au/avionics/ See more

03.01.2022 A Community Calls for Help - MAF in Tanzania: When a young student at a boarding school in a remote area of Tanzania suffered a serious accident, the local community came together to call on MAF for help. Read more here: https://maf.org.au//a-community-calls-for-help-maf-in-tan/... . . #maf #medevac #iflymaf #flyingforlife #maftanzania See more

02.01.2022 MAF in Papua New Guinea are a lifeline for many students and teachers.. Pilot Ryan Cole explains, "Around the start of the year, one of our main jobs is getting students and teachers back to school. The school term in PNG starts at the beginning of February, so for the first weeks of each year we are busy flying as many students and teachers as we can possibly squeeze into our schedule. Because there are so few high schools in PNG, many of them are boarding schools. We fly a...round and collect the students from all the smaller villages and take them to the larger villages where the high schools are located, like Telefomin or Tekin. Since there are no roads in this part of the country, and it takes days or weeks to walk between villages, most of the students will not see their families until the end of the school year, at the start of December. But they know that a good education is a key part of improving the quality of life for them and their families, so they are willing to make that huge sacrifice. Usually around October or November, on a set date, the students are taking their final exams supplied by the Government. For the schools in the larger towns and cities, this is not a problem, but for the few remote villages that are fortunate to have small schools, they must wait until the exams can be flown in by MAF." This week, Pilot Paul Woodington flew to Tekin to fetch the grade 8 exam papers from the Oksapmin Secondary School to take them to Wewak, along with teacher Glenda Giles. From there, Glenda took the exam answer sheets to Vanimo for marking. . . #isolation #maf #iflymaf #flyingforlife #png #mafpng #pilotslife

01.01.2022 Focus on Partnership: Recently, MAF Uganda pilots Rembrand Rodenburg and Dave Forney flew a group of pastors from Jesus Film Ministries to Western Uganda. Sam Tsapwe leads the team of pastors who visited churches and believers in Western Uganda who are discouraged by the hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sam explains how MAF assists his ministry: "Firstly, flying itself is expensive and the MAF flight is subsidised. Secondly, a commercial flight wouldn’t fly to this airstr...ip in Mbarara. MAF is flying us to very remote places that other planes don’t fly to. Thirdly, if we came by road we would be so exhausted once we arrived up in the mountains. We return from these ministry trips not completely exhausted because MAF have taken care of us and the flight is 50 minutes instead of taking most of the day driving. Because MAF is available to us, we are able to go where our hearts want to be, evangelising people that are hard to reach." . . . #maf #iflymaf #flyingforlife #uganda #mafuganda #missionarylife See more