Sometimes the things we do can seem mundane and not particularly pleasant. Today, I had to discuss, and convince a man from the Civil Aviation Authority that our procedures make sense and are safe. Because our flying is not like airline flying and we go to bush strips with rough, narrow surfaces, no air traffic […]
MAF was able to fly with our Norwegian MAF representatives to visit the Baptist Mission’s project in Kaabong. The clean air and desert colours of Karamoja, splashed with pink flowered trees made me think of all of the diverse traits of Africa that I love..one part is verdant and laced with jungle and water, another, […]
Recently, the area of Kasai in Congo has erupted because of the killing of 2 government leaders which triggered mass tribal violence and a surge of refugees to flee the region into Kyangwali, West Uganda. (https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/conflict-and-displacement-kasai-january-2018). Tutapona is one of our valuable partners that are offering much needed trauma counselling to refugees. Candice Lassey recently went […]
In January, 2013, I first encountered Jackson, an orphan from Kajo Keji who was severely disabled due to polio. When I first met Jackson in 2012 he was resorting to crawling to school 6kms there and back every day because his 3 wheeler chair had long since rusted. MAF was able to help fly the frame back […]