Day to day life in remote Uganda is hazardous to say the least, and MAF has recently flown two medical evacuations for people of the cloth. A Sacred Heart Sister seriously hurt her back in a boda boda (motorcycle) accident, and more recently a priest working in Arua had to be urgently flown because he […]
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 […]