MAF steps up disaster response to Kenyan floods

Devastating floods in Kenya have claimed hundreds of lives and displaced thousands of people since torrential rain lashed the country since March. MAF’s disaster response team has been undertaking aerial survey flights and delivering aid to relieve suffering.

Animal Welfare: Healing Hooves and Hearts

MAF partners with ‘Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme’ (VMP) to support isolated farmers in Kenya who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals.

A Journey of Faith and Healing: Olturot’s Encounter with the MAF Plane

The residents of Olturot experienced a remarkable blend of spiritual nourishment and medical care after a MAF plane landed at a remote airstrip in northern Kenya.

300 Individuals Experienced the Transformative Power of Christ’s Love

Transformative encounters: Merging veterinary care and Gospel proclamation.

Picking the brain of Ndaba Mazabane

Ndaba recently returned from a MAF International board meeting and visit to MAF programmes, South Sudan and Kenya. We took the opportunity to pick his brain from his first-hand experience of the MAF field and of his thoughts on modern-day mission work.

Christ resurrects dead situtations

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” These well-known words from Matthew 28:19-20 were an affirmation to one of our passengers recently, as he responded to a request to visit a group of people very much in need of pastoral and educational input.

Red Airstrips

Many bush pilots who have flown in Africa can relate to the difficulty of using a dirt airstrip. In Kenya, an airstrip approximately 20 km from Olorte had been the only useable airstrip in Entasekera since 2009. It allowed planes to fly passengers in, but not out. This wouldn’t be a problem if it wasn’t continuously serving a Maasai community. But it was.

Serving orphans in Kenya

SERV International has been flying with MAF for ten years to northern Kenya where they established and support an orphanage, feed the poor, and bring the message of Christ.