Co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), we are running a cross-regional programme in four countries. SDC co-financing until 2028 guarantees predictability, independent impact monitoring and sustainable development.
MAF in Switzerland
MAF Switzerland is a non-profit association with Christian roots and a clear mandate: to reach people in remote regions. Since 2005 we have been working from Switzerland to keep MAF's work possible worldwide.
The MAF Switzerland association
Since 2005 MAF has had a presence in Switzerland through an association, working from here on behalf of people in need all over the world. That work has grown into a programme which, since 1 January 2025, has been financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Beyond the programme, MAF International in Switzerland contributes staff and funding to the worldwide network of MAF and of other organisations with the same or similar aims.
Breaking through isolation, enabling sustainable development
MAF Switzerland Programme 2024–2028
Where we work
Our programme countries
In our programme countries, a large share of the population lives in hard-to-reach regions with limited or no reliable access to transport and supply infrastructure, which makes sustainable development impossible.
East Africa
South Sudan
HDI 2023: 191
OECD States of Fragility: extremely fragile
State Resilience Index: 1 of 154
Population: 10.91 million
Road network: 90,200 km
Rural Access Index (RAI): 81% of the rural population has no access to an all-season road
Oceania
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
HDI 2023: 156
OECD States of Fragility: fragile
State Resilience Index: 122 of 154
Population: 10.14 million
Road network: 9,349 km
Rural Access Index (RAI): 77% of the rural population has no access to an all-season road
East Africa
Madagascar
HDI 2023: 173
OECD States of Fragility: fragile
State Resilience Index: 124 of 154
Population: 29.61 million
Road network: 31,640 km
Rural Access Index (RAI): 72% of the rural population has no access to an all-season road
West Africa
Liberia
HDI 2023: 178
OECD States of Fragility: fragile
State Resilience Index: 116 of 154
Population: 5.3 million
Road network: 10,600 km
Rural Access Index (RAI): 42% of the rural population has no access to an all-season road
How we work
Our focus areas
Isolation directly blocks access to livelihoods and opportunities for development, and it is felt most acutely in the following three key areas. This is where we come in:
Opening access. Securing supplies.
Health and hygiene
Our rescue flights make medical care possible where medicine and staff are lacking. We provide clean drinking water and sanitation to fight diseases such as cholera.
Making a way. Opening prospects.
Education and skills development
Cut off from the world, whole generations lack access to education. Because neither teachers nor learning materials get through on impassable roads, we fly them in. And open up new opportunities on the ground.
Reaching places. Shaping lives.
Nutrition and income
Without access to the outside world, families and communities lack vital goods, services and ways to earn a living. We create access to markets and support the food supply.
Impact 2025
Our programme at a glance:
1 400
flights
3 100+
passengers
73 000
kg of freight
50+
partner organisations
Where roads end, we fly on and create connection.
Downloads
Further information
Annual reports, further information about MAF as well as in-depth features and first-hand accounts are available free of charge to download in our current brochures and reports.
2025 Annual Report MAF Switzerland
PDF (5.1 MB)
2025 Annual Accounts MAF Switzerland
PDF (415 KB)
MAF Magazine 01-26
PDF (4.7 MB)
MAF Magazine 02-26
PDF (3.9 MB)
MAF Magazine 04-25
PDF (4.8 MB)
Contact
Thomas Beyeler
CEO MAF Switzerland