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From current operations to background reports: here you will find everything happening at MAF right now. With stories and publications as well as media material for anyone who would like to report on us.

2026

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan: a forgotten tragedy

The ongoing war in Sudan has triggered one of the most severe humanitarian crises of our time. To ease the plight of refugees, MAF is joining forces across national borders and aims to expand its aid further.

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Feature

2025

Cholera prevention in Torit, South Sudan

In 2025 the number of cholera cases in South Sudan soared – according to the UN, the worst and longest outbreak in the country's history. Thanks to MAF and Medair, thousands of people in remote areas stayed healthy.

South Sudan

Disaster relief

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Feature

2025

Where cocoa, vanilla, coffee and peanuts save lives

In remote communities poverty is usually especially high – isolation blocks access to resources. In the Karimui district of Papua New Guinea, MAF’s flights open up access to markets. Now local people are shaping their own future.

Papua New Guinea

Nutrition & income

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Feature

2025

Forty years with a wound no one was meant to see

For more than forty years Ayor has carried an invisible wound – caused in childbirth, hidden out of shame. For a long time help seemed out of reach. A flight with MAF now gives her the chance of life-changing surgery.

South Sudan

Faith & hope

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Feature

2025

Communities in South Sudan prepare for floods

Rural communities in the Nile basin in South Sudan suffer floods that destroy homes and livelihoods. MAF flew the partner network Nile Basin Discourse into an affected community to prepare people for the rainy season.

South Sudan

Nutrition & income

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Feature

2025

Wanakipa: where the aeroplane fills the shelves

Wanakipa in Papua New Guinea lies surrounded by forests, mountains and raging rivers – cut off from the outside world. Its only link is a small grass airstrip on a hill: the lifeline that lastingly improves living conditions

Papua New Guinea

Nutrition & income

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Feature

2025

When a flight saves someone’s sight

In the rural districts of Tanzania’s Tabora region, medical care is lacking – eye specialists above all. For those affected this often means needless blindness, even though a simple operation could restore their sight.

Tanzania

Health & hygiene

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Feature

2025

My life in Chad

Esmara, a young Dutchwoman, has been MAF Country Director in Chad since March. She describes her arrival, her first impressions and the challenges of her new life in Central Africa.

Chad

Working at MAF

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Announcement

2025

Runway Run 2025 – together we moved mountains!

On 13 September the second Runway Run took place on the runway of Langenthal-Bleienbach airfield – a special evening for the 112 runners and the many visitors.

Switzerland

über MAF

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Feature

2025

Life-saving flights with fewer emissions

MAF flights fundamentally change the lives of people in remote regions – and a new CO₂ offsetting programme protects both the environment and families in Madagascar through a cookstove project.

Global

über MAF

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Feature

2025

Against all odds: Elizabeth's journey

After years of violence in South Sudan, Elizabeth fled with her children to the safety of Uganda. Thanks to the Khayamandi Foundation's support and MAF's life-saving flights, she found protection, work and above all new hope.

South Sudan

Nutrition & income

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Feature

2025

Food and new joy for refugee children in Uganda

Worldwide cuts in aid funding are leaving many children in Uganda hungry and without a secure future. Together with MAF, Kids Around the World (KATW) provides them with vital food – and new joy through playgrounds.

Uganda

Nutrition & income

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Feature

2025

Anniversary: eighty years young

How does an 80-year-old organisation become more active, more relevant and more innovative? Norman Baker, Chief Transformation and Operating Officer at MAF International, is convinced: only by aiming high.

Global

über MAF

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What has been reported about us so far

Press coverage

Galileo, ProSieben (2025)

Galileo followed Finnish MAF pilot Iisaaki Saari on his missions in South Sudan. The report shows at first hand how a single flight can decide between life and death.

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ARD Weltspiegel (2025)

ARD Weltspiegel travelled to Timor-Leste and followed MAF pilots on their daily flights into the mountains. A striking insight into a world where the aircraft is the only link to the outside world.

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