Did you know that just one 20L jerrycan of fuel is enough to put a MAF plane in the air for 10 minutes?
That's long enough to:
Fly food parcels into a hungry community.
Deliver water filters to villages with no clean water.
Evacuate sick or injured people to receive urgent medical care.
Transport teachers to a remote village school.
Deliver a box of bibles in a community’s native language.
Fuel is essential to MAF's work - without it, none of this could happen!
This Father's Day, will you fuel a short, life-saving flight by gifting a jerrycan on behalf of a loved one?
When the equivalent of one 20L jerrycan (just $65) gets poured into an aircraft, MAF is fuelled for a flight that replaces days of travel on foot. For isolated communities, these short flights have saved many lives.
Earlier this year, MAF flew a medical team from Kompiam Rural Hospital in Papua New Guinea to the remote village of Yenkisa. One short flight gave this community access to critical health services for the first time in two years.
The team treated malaria, cared for pregnant women and distributed vaccinations and mosquito nets to protect the community.
“Over the two days that we’ve been here, we’ve seen about 100 to 150 patients and probably 30 to 35 cases of positive malaria so far” said Doctor Diane Yoko, who led this patrol.
Without MAF, those who need help in Yenkisa would have to walk a minimum of two days through harsh terrain. For someone in desperate need of medical attention, this often isn’t possible.
Will you give a 20L jerrycan of fuel worth $65 and fuel another life-changing flight this Father’s Day?
“MAF is very important,” Doctor Diane Yoko said. “They help health workers get to the community at a faster rate.”
Diane has travelled the journey to Yenkisa on foot before. It took days, exhausting her as she walked through difficult jungle, and meant she couldn’t stay long.
Being able to get here with a fresh mind, relaxed and ready to help the community – MAF makes a big difference.
“After days of strolling through the jungle, and being exhausted mentally as well as physically, it does take a toll.
There are remote communities around the world, just like Yenkisa, that have little or no access to basic human needs and health services. Vulnerable people are left to fight malaria and other horrible diseases alone and without treatment.