2016 Annual Report Mission Aviation Fellowship International CONTENTS MAF Key Facts 02 Message from the Chairman 04 Message from the CEO 05 Arnhem Land 06 Bangladesh 07 Chad 08 Kenya 09 Liberia 10 Madagascar 11 Mongolia 12 Myanmar 13 Papua New Guinea 14 Technology Services (CRMF) 15 South Sudan 16 Tanzania 17 Timor-Leste 18 Uganda 19 Flight Training & Engineering 20 Our Fleet 21 Safety 22 Financial Report 23
MAF KEY FACTS
- Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is a global movement founded in 1945 by a group of Christian Second World War servicemen and women who shared a vision to use aviation to spread the love of God.
- MAF International is the operational wing of the organisation and oversees programmes in Arnhem Land in Australia, Bangladesh, Chad, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste and Uganda. We are also in the process of establishing a new programme in Myanmar.
- Our Associate Members, MAF Canada and MAF-US, and various MAF Affiliates also run a number of programmes around the globe.
- MAF globally has around 135 aircraft serving in 26 countries.
- MAF aircraft flew more than 8.3 million kilometres in 2016 – more than 207 times around the equator.
- A Mission Aviation Fellowship aircraft takes off or lands every 4 minutes somewhere in the world.
- None of the life changing work we enable would be possible without the dedicated support – people, financial and prayer - provided by our Resourcing Groups based in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US.
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61 aircraft MAF 686 destinations 1,567 organisations served International 850 medical evacuations 526 staff 20,910 hours flown by numbers in 75,408 passengers transported 4.26 million kilometres flown 2016 3 million kilograms of cargo transported
OUR VISION TO SEE ISOLATED PEOPLE PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY TRANSFORMED IN CHRIST’S NAME
OUR PURPOSE SHARING GOD’S LOVE THROUGH AVIATION AND TECHNOLOGY
OUR VALUES
Impact Witness Excellence Changing Lives Reflecting Christ Working To The Wherever We In All We Do Highest Standards Serve
Partnership Care Transformation Stewardship Nuturing And Through Making Best Use Respecting Our Collaboration Of Our Resources Staff
Annual Report 2016 3 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
016 was another busy year for MAF At the end of 2016, MAF International CEO International, as our 14 programmes Chris Lukkien announced his decision to leave and 61 aircraft across the world MAF to return to the Netherlands in 2carried over 75,000 passengers and May 2017 to become CEO of ZOA, a Christian 3 million kg of essential cargo to more than charity which provides humanitarian relief and 680 remote destinations. recovery in many parts of the world. We are privileged to serve over 1,500 Chris made an enormous contribution to partners and key organisations across the MAF during his 20 years of devoted service, world, from local churches and mission firstly in Africa and then in Ashford where he groups to larger humanitarian NGOs – all became CEO of MAF International. Chris has helping to bring healthcare, education, food been an exemplary leader, helped by his great and hope to the most isolated communities. understanding of MAF, his many qualities and Last year we conducted 850 medical his open and caring style, all grounded in the evacuation flights, offering a lifeline to love of the Lord. He will be greatly missed. the sick and injured. We flew a team of doctors I would like to thank Chris on behalf of the creating 3D prosthetic limbs for those maimed MAF International Board for all he has done by war in South Sudan; transported those over the years. Thanks also to his wife Annet involved in a piped water project bringing safe and their three children for their unstinting John Quin water and sanitation to nearly 1 million people support. We wish them every success and happiness for the future. (Photo above: John Chairman in the Pathuakhali district of Bangladesh; and our Technology Services team in PNG ran IT Quin with Annet Lukkien, Chris Lukkien and training courses to equip pastors and church Stuart King). workers in PNG with basic computing skills Following a successful recruitment to help them spread the Gospel. process in early 2017, we have appointed Dave Fyock as the new CEO of MAF IT HAS BEEN One of the highlights of this year has been how our resourcing groups continue International. Dave has spent the last twenty A YEAR OF to develop and grow, especially the new Asia five years with MAF-US as a pilot, programme groups like Singapore and the Philippines, and manager, Regional Director, Vice President CHANGE, BUT Resources, CFO and Vice President the enhanced sense of unity we are seeing. In Operations. He therefore has enormous ONE THING September at our Global Forum in Finland we experience and knowledge of MAF work in saw a strengthening of the covenant between THAT REMAINS helping to reach the most isolated people in MAF International members, as well as more the world. Dave will take up the CEO role in CONSTANT global collaboration and harmonisation on September 2017. MAF International issues like recruitment and international staff IS THE LOYAL Development Director Bill Harding has kindly remuneration packages. We also celebrated SUPPORT AND agreed to become Interim CEO until Dave 40 years of MAF Finland. takes up the position. Bill also has extensive COMMITMENT During the year the MAF International experience of MAF, both in the field and in the FROM ALL Board welcomed two new members, Ndaba most senior executive positions within MAF. OUR STAFF, Mazabane from South Africa and Bill Watson We are grateful that Bill will provide continuity from Canada. during this period of transition. DONORS AND In December our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) It has been a year of change, but one SUPPORTERS Janet Busk stepped down after 10 years in this thing that remains constant is the loyal support role. I am so grateful for Janet’s service to the and commitment from all our staff, donors ACROSS THE organisation and for her professionalism and and supporters across the world. I wish to WORLD support to the Board. It was also pleasing that thank them for all that they do to help her Deputy, Anna Beck, was willing to take on continue our vision to transform lives the CFO position. wherever we serve.
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his was a year of transition for MAF On a more positive note, our Liberia International with some pleasing programme grew last year, with increasing successes as we started to embed demand from customers who are seeing the Tour new Strategic Plan, but along benefits of our service; we continue to make with change, 2016 also brought some progress in Myanmar, especially in the area of significant challenges. airstrip development; and we celebrated 50 Over the year our teams saw a deterioration years of serving in Chad. Safety statistics again in security in several places where we serve, showed a healthy trend, with no accidents in including terrorist incidents in Bangladesh and 2016. In fact, the key performance indicators Chad and we have even had attacks on staff in of safety were the best we have had. We also Papua New Guinea and South Sudan. In July celebrated the launch of the new Regular we were forced to temporarily evacuate staff Public Transport service in Arnhem Land Bill Harding from our South Sudan programme following in November, after 5 years of complex Interim CEO renewed fighting in the country. negotiations and documentation, and it is Due to the dedication of our South Sudan already proving a great benefit to local staff, alongside colleagues from our Uganda Yolŋu people. and Kenya programmes and the MAF Disaster We have been blessed with the provision of Response team, we were able to mobilise a funding for key projects and assets this year, WE WERE co-ordinated effort to help evacuate many including several aircraft - a C182SMA for ABLE TO other partners from South Sudan as well as Madagascar, a C208 for PNG and a C172 for fly resources in to those who remained. the Mareeba training centre, and we MOBILISE A Recruitment generally remains one of the undertook the refurbishment of the second CO-ORDINATED toughest challenges for us, and despite all the Twin Otter in PNG. We completed a staff effort we have put into it, the number of new housing project in Juba, South Sudan, EFFORT TO international staff joining to serve in a national staff housing project in Wewak, HELP EVACUATE programmes dropped in 2016. Fortunately, PNG, avionics upgrades on a number of fewer people left our programmes this year, aircraft and implemented several solar power MANY OTHER meaning that we still saw a net increase to projects. We are very grateful to all of the PARTNERS staffing levels. 2017 already looks a lot more resourcing groups for the contribution FROM SOUTH promising with several key programme they make to the ministry of MAF and leadership roles filled and a steady pipeline we give thanks especially to MAF UK, SUDAN AS of pilots, as well as the appointment of a new MAF Netherlands, MAF Switzerland, WELL AS FLY CEO. One of our themes of strategic change MAF Germany and MAF Norway for the is to become ‘more international’ and as the funding of these projects. RESOURCES IN result of promotional efforts in Singapore and Every few minutes somewhere in the world TO THOSE WHO India, there were 6 Asian staff in international a MAF aircraft is taking off or landing – and I roles by the end of 2016. know how valued these flights are to our REMAINED Like many global organisations, the financial customers, partners and the isolated people implications of Brexit have created a substantial we serve. Our circumstances, challenges and challenge for MAF International – especially strategies may change from year to year as we the devaluation of both the British pound and seek to use aviation and technology to share the Euro. We have already adopted a fiscally God’s love, but He does not and His love and cautious approach to spending and revised provision for us and the isolated people we our 2017 budgets and forecasts accordingly. serve is unchanged.
NEW CEO - DAVE FYOCK
In April 2017, the MAF International Board announced the appointment of Dave Fyock as the new CEO of MAF International. Dave has spent the last twenty five years serving with MAF-US. He joined in 1992 as a Pilot and Mechanic and has served as programme manager in Albania, Latin America Regional Director and finally as Vice President of Operations based in Nampa, USA where he oversaw Field Operations, Aviation Resources, Technical Resources, Safety and Quality, and Special Projects. Dave’s wife Hilda worked for MAF-US as the Corporate Training Manager and they have two adult sons, Sean (22) and Micah (18). On his appointment, he said: “I am honoured to have been chosen to lead MAF International. I absolutely love the ministry of MAF. Our use of aviation and technology provides us with an incredible platform for ministry and uniquely positions us for gospel influence. Our vision to see the most remote and MAF INTERNATIONAL TO most needy communities transformed, I believe, aligns fully with WELCOME NEW CEO IN 2017 God’s heart.”
Annual Report 2016 5 ARNHEM LAND
MAF in Arnhem Land Statistics for 2016
13 aircraft 52 destinations 76 organisations flown
37 staff (5 national, 32 international)
5,187 hours flown
19,029 passengers transported
893,707 km flown MAF IN ACTION • The same month one of our 5,360 kg of cargo transported • MAF has been serving in Arnhem aircraft became Noah’s Ark for Land in the Northern Territory of the day as we received a request 2 medical evacuations Australia for over 43 years – to transport a family and their providing a vital bridge for the unusual collection of animals from many remote indigenous Darwin to Elcho Island. Our communities. The highlight of precious cargo that day included 2016 happened in November 7 python snakes, two dogs, 1 when, after several years of bearded dragon, 1 shingleback planning and preparations, lizard, 1 goanna, 1 galah, 1 baby we were able to launch our new saltwater crocodile plus the Regular Public Transport service owners and their belongings. in Arnhem Land. The new service means passengers can purchase a • In September, we flew a plane seat rather than having to charter load of banana suckers to start the aircraft which makes it much a new plantation at Gäwa Island. more affordable and will give the Several years ago this community Yolŋu greater opportunities to was hit by a cyclone and their move around Arnhem Land in banana plantation was wiped out. smaller groups, making air travel These new suckers will give them accessible to many more people. the opportunity to start again and grow food within the community. • Another exciting moment this year was welcoming a new larger • A key aspect of our work is flying aircraft to the Arnhem Land fleet for health, transporting patients THE SINGLE - VH-MEP – a Cessna Caravan from remote communities into which can carry 10 passengers Gove to visit the main hospital. In BEST THING or 900 kg of freight. The Yolŋu just one day they can see the doctor, people call the plane the ‘Yindi’ receive treatment, pick up medicine THAT MAF aircraft – which translates as “the and then be returned home. big one”. It’s first commercial flight COULD DO FOR in Arnhem Land was on 30 April to • This year the MAF Arnhem Land ARNHEM LAND fly eight church people from the team welcomed two new staff Northern Regional Council of members - Jamie Wanambi and IS TO LAUNCH Congress Congregation from James Marawilli (see photo left) – Elcho Island to Jabiru so they both local men who come from THE REGULAR could attend the annual the Aboriginal homelands of indigenous Christian Convention Yilpara and Barratjpi. Jamie works PUBLIC at Katherine. in the Building and Maintenance team and has been very busy TRANSPORT • MAF is often called on to fly groups helping to make sure the MAF SERVICE of children to participate in sports buildings are safe and liveable. carnivals. In June we flew 27 James joined MAF in February and children in three flight loads from currently works in the bookings Gove to Elcho Island to take part office arranging flights and dealing in the carnival, returning them a with our Yolŋu customers in their few days later tired, yet happy. local language. Yolŋu elder
6 MAF International Annual Report 2016 BANGLADESH
MAF’S HIGHLY PROFICIENT SERVICE, EXCELLENT CARE AND SAFETY GIVES US PEACE OF MIND
MAF IN ACTION as he picked up some bamboo • MAF has had a long and fruitful and started to help members of partnership with Friendship the community build a bridge to Mr Md Abul Fazal floating hospitals. In March ensure that local children can still BBC Media Action we flew a team of HumaniTerra get to school during floods. surgeons and medical staff to the ships to carry out 237 • In November 2016 we launched life-changing surgeries and 158 our Northern Shuttle Service, medical procedures for patients flying to several locations along who would not normally have the Jamuna River. Terre des access to medical care. Rifu Hommes (TdH) was one of the MAF in Bangladesh was one of the patients they first organisations to use the new Statistics for 2016 successfully treated (see photo service and flew to Kurigram, right). At the age of two, she burnt where they have set up specialised her hand on the family’s mud nutrition units to tackle severe 1 aircraft stove. The level of care which malnutrition which affects 20% of the family could afford at the children living in the area. Children 55 destinations local hospital was not sufficient are given a special feeding plan to 96 organisations flown and gradually Rifu’s right hand enable them to gain weight in a contracted along her wrist couple of weeks; and mothers are 21 staff (18 national, 3 international) towards her elbow. Emotionally taught about hygiene, cooking, bullied at school, she faced a and nutrition, to help them ensure 381 hours flown lifetime of physical disability, until their children do not become the HumaniTerra doctors were malnourished again. 1,445 passengers transported able to operate on her right hand. 83,305 km flown • Currently just 40% of rural • In January MAF flew members households in Bangladesh have 723 kg of cargo transported of the Bangladeshi men and access to grid electricity, and even women’s cricket teams to the those who do have access suffer 1 medical evacuation remote southern district of frequent and prolonged power Satkhira through an initiative cuts due to lack of supply. On arranged by BBC Media Action. Monpura Island in southern Using various communication Bangladesh the World Bank are and media platforms, BBC Media boosting local power supplies as Action seeks to provide interesting part of the agency’s Rural material to educate and inform the Electrification and Renewable Bangladeshi people to help reduce Energy Development (RERED) poverty. The cricketers participated project. Flying with MAF to in a special episode of Amrai Pari Monpura saves the World Bank (‘Together We Can Do It’), a TV enormous amounts of staff time, series helping communities adapt which would otherwise be spent to extreme weather. The group on exhausting overland car and were surprised by the desperate ferry journeys. This enables the living conditions in Satkhira. “I’ve agency to work much faster heard about these things, but this towards its goal of providing is the first time I’ve seen it with my electricity to 2.5 million people very own eyes,” Men’s Captain, in rural Bangladesh through Mashrafe Mortaza, told reporters solar power.
Annual Report 2016 7 CHAD
MAF in Chad Statistics for 2016
2 aircraft 33 destinations 48 organisations flown
15 staff (11 national, 4 international)
549 hours flown
814 passengers transported
127,736 km flown
7,234 kg of cargo transported
2 medical evacuations
MAF IN ACTION • In 2016 MAF celebrated 50 years • In April we flew Dr Mark Hotchkin since we started serving in Chad. and his wife Dr Andrea Hotchkin We launched our service in 1966 from the Baptist Mission Society and we are needed by our partners to Bardai, in the north of Chad, to as much today as then, as they try explore the possibility of relocating to access remote communities to these remote northern across a very hostile terrain. communities to help provide urgently needed medical services. • The importance of these long During this visit, the Hotchkins term partnerships was were able to see the brand new demonstrated in June when MAF hospital that was built four years was able to re-open Gogmi airstrip ago but has been sitting empty in the remote east to support the because there are no doctors work of Johannes Bocher, a willing to be based there. German missionary working with Mission Evangelique au Tchad. • MAF provides regular flights to Gogmi is one of several airstrips the pastors of the ENTENTE Eglise that MAF opened in 1967 to Mission Evangelique au Chad. support the work of several They have been organising mission agencies working in the workshops to bring Muslim, area at the time. Over the years Catholic and Evangelical this airstrip fell into a serious state communities together to discuss of disrepair and MAF stopped differences and similarities in IT IS SUCH A flying there in 1983. Over the last perspectives, strategies for REASSURANCE TO two years, Johannes and the non-violent conflict management, people of Gogmi have been and mediation techniques. These KNOW THAT MAF working hard to re-open this workshops are specifically airstrip, motivated by the issues designed to attract high level WILL NOW BE AN the lack of an airstrip has caused, government and community including poor access to medical representatives, religious leaders, OPTION FOR ME IN care. Only a few weeks after the women and young people. In CASE OF A MEDICAL re-opening of the airstrip, MAF January we took Pastor Potifar, arranged to fly in a medical team the head of the ENTENTE and EMERGENCY. THIS from Bebalam Hospital, run by the Djidda Mahamat, one of the Africa Inland Mission, on a medical senior Imams from N’Djamena, PLACE IS REALLY safari. This meant that after many to one of these workshops held in years the people of Gogmi did not Am Timan in the east of Chad. SO FAR AWAY FROM have to endure the long and The ENTENTE interfaith conflict treacherous journey to the nearest management workshops have EVERYTHING medical centre. For two days been credited with promoting people came in from all corners peace among the communities of the area to receive medical they are working with and there treatment. Their local clinic is now a growing demand to Johannes Bocher was also re-stocked with some expand these workshops Mission Evangelique au Tchad vital medicines. throughout the country.
8 MAF International Annual Report 2016 KENYA
WE LIVE IN A REMOTE AREA WITH POOR MEDICAL AND OTHER RESOURCES, AS WELL AS INSECURITY. MAF HAS BEEN THAT BACKGROUND PARTNER, GIVING US PEACE OF MIND IN CASE OF MAF IN ACTION EMERGENCY AND • On 10 March we officially opened • In October we flew to Migori in our new MAF Kenya base at the far southwest of Kenya to ENABLING OUR MANY Loglogo, just south of Marsabit in support a team from Oasis for VISITORS TO REACH OR the north of Kenya (see photo above). Orphans who were visiting their LEAVE US QUICKLY AND three children’s homes where they • In April, we flew a number of work to prevent vulnerable COMFORTABLY visitors to celebrate the retirement orphaned Kenyan children ending of the Bishop of Marsabit, Rob up in slums. The centres provide a Martin, and the enthronement of place of safety and security for the his successor, Qampicha Daniel children, where they can not only Rob Martin Wario at the Anglican Church of live and eat, and but also develop Bishop Kenya in Marsabit. The vast socially and have the opportunity Marsabit Diocese is home to eight to attend school, something they distinct tribal and language groups, could not afford to do if trying to plagued by inter-tribal conflict fend for themselves. and Bishop Qampicha will be engaged in significant peace and • In December we transported a reconciliation work as part of his role. delegation for the Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and • Another organisation we flew to Reconciliation (SCCRR) which Marsabit was GOAL Kenya. GOAL is serving communities around works with communities to Tuum, in Samburu County, north address issues of child protection Kenya. Due to the persistent and empowerment and is part of conflict between the Samburu a project aimed at addressing all and Turkana communities, many sorts of violence against children. people have died, been injured or Engaging young people through displaced. SCCRR is training elders, football matches is one of its key women and youth from both sides strategies in reaching out to all in conflict resolution and community groups, including reconciliation, to facilitate parents and community elders, grassroots peacebuilding. This trip to tackle this problem. Working coincided with a face-to-face, with the Marsabit County Sports trust-building dialogue between Department, GOAL organised a villagers from Parkati and Tuum: three day football tournament, the first such meeting for three years. MAF in Kenya attended by 320 young people, Statistics for 2016 in a commitment to end child • One of MAF Kenya’s frequent flyers violence and to learn how to is 7-year-old Samuel (see photo 3 aircraft resolve conflict peacefully right) who was born with bilateral through team work. club foot and has required six 67 destinations medical operations since 2011. • Sustainable renewable energy is His left foot has been corrected 219 organisations flown hugely important to the remote and his most recent surgery communities we serve. One of means his right foot is well on 47 staff (37 national, 10 international) our partners, DREAM, (Developing the way to being straightened. Renewable Energy in Africa and MAF staff feel blessed to have 1,261 hours flown Middle East) took MAF flights to been part of this journey, flying 3,121 passengers transported Marsabit where they are Samuel from his home in Korr developing a wind project and for the surgeries and the many 306,441 km flown off-grid solar projects for remote medical check-ups he needs. communities that would not 42,035 kg of cargo transported typically be part of the Kenya Power Grid Network. 24 medical evacuations
Annual Report 2016 9 LIBERIA
MAF in Liberia Statistics for 2016
1 aircraft 13 destinations 168 organisations flown
6 staff (3 national, 3 international)
498 hours flown
2,172 passengers transported
119,886 km flown
15,882 kg of cargo transported MAF IN ACTION 13 medical evacuations • In early 2016, MAF launched who are often most vulnerable a weekly shuttle service to to human rights violations and destinations in the country’s gender inequality. Part of the southeast, turning overland training included Training The journeys of two days into less Men sessions, working with than two hours. Following an groups of male leaders from overwhelming response from the communities to help them aid agencies and mission workers, understand the issues and to and with flights being fully booked gain their support to help facilitate well in advance of departure, this change for women. service has been expanded to three flights each week. An • We have also been flying the additional shuttle schedule was International Rescue Committee also established to destinations (IRC) to the southeast counties of in Lofa and Nimba Counties, in River Gee and Maryland to Liberia’s north and east. implement mental health activities. Sarah Nalule Lwanga, the Mental • On 19th March 2016, MAF Liberia Health and Psychosocial Manager celebrated the dedication for the IRC said “Although the ceremony of the new Tapeta population has been affected by ROADS ARE Airstrip (see photo above of the war and Ebola, there were few MAF aircraft landing at the airstrip). mental health interventions done NOT WHERE The airstrip re-opening after 27 to address the diverse emotional years was exciting news. Thanks to effects from the two traumatic THEY NEED a joint effort between Samaritan’s experiences.” The IRC now has TO BE. WE’RE Purse and MAF the 800-meter a system in place for all 37 health long airstrip was recently facilities across Maryland and River NOT CLOSE TO rehabilitated, restoring an essential Gee Counties that includes setting connection for the inhabitants of up a reporting system, offering BEING ABLE TO the small town located in Nimba medication to patients and SUSTAIN OUR and the rest of the country. providing counselling and support. • Innovative Education Liberia (IEL) • One of our regular flyers this year OPERATIONS have flown with MAF frequently has been Sister Wilhelmena (see DOWN HERE over the last year as they roll out photo left with MAF’s Emil and their portable “digital classroom” Margrit Kundig), who works WITHOUT A programme bringing an primarily as a nurse and social innovative, personalised learning worker at St Francis Clinic, Pleebo, PARTNERSHIP model to Liberian schools that lack in the far southeast of the country. electrical power, internet access, She started the programme, LIKE WE HAVE qualified teachers, and teaching Peoples Initiative Against Poverty, WITH MAF resources. combining agriculture with education to help reduce poverty. • The Danish Refugee Council flew Twenty five to thirty young people, to Lofa County with MAF to carry some street children, come out workshops as part of their regularly to learn how to cultivate Ian Mountjoy Advancing Adolescent Girls crops. Of MAF she said: “MAF’s Director of Operations, programme which helps to presence in Liberia has brought Partners in Health empower young women in Liberia great relief. We are very, very grateful.”
10 MAF International Annual Report 2016 MADAGASCAR
THE WEATHER WAS SO BAD THAT IT WAS TAKING 10 DAYS TO GET FROM MAHANORO TO MAROLAMBO ON THE ROADS - IT WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY RUINED THE EXPEDITION. THIS YEAR MAF IN ACTION WE COULDN’T • MAF has been organising Medical regularly use the service. Our Safaris for almost 10 years and mechanics go into the field too HAVE DONE IT the first one for 2016 was in including a trip to the Good News WITHOUT MAF partnership with South Korean Hospital in Mandritsara to repair organisation Fainana Be Dia Be their vehicles and train a mechanic. (FBDB). In February 2016 we flew the FBDB team to an isolated • We continued to work closely Hannah Russell village called Anjabetrongo where with Mercy Ships until their University of Manchester they ministered with mobile departure from Madagascar in medical research team who MAF medical missions and ministries mid-2016. In February we flew assisted with their Bilharzia for children, including performing the Medical Capacity Team to research and treatment expedition. health check-ups for over 200 Maintirano, on the west coast of children and providing medical Madagascar, so they could care from 640 people from the conduct follow up visits at the surrounding villages. local hospitals and do some training with the staff and equip • MAF Madagascar is always excited them with Lifeboxes. A Lifebox is to support SIL International and a pulse oximeter which the Wycliffe Bible Translators in their hospital staff clip onto a patient’s work to translate and share God’s finger during surgery. The Lifebox word. In March we had the raises an alarm if the oxygen level privilege of flying all their in the patient’s blood drops, warning team members from across the doctors that they need to take the whole of Madagascar, action before it is too late. bringing them together for a translation workshop. • UGBM, the Malagasy fellowship of evangelical students, organised • MAF Madagascar doesn’t just a Bible camp to share the Gospel fly aircraft, we also have a small with young people. The Island of team who provide a vehicle Saint Marie is very difficult to reach MAF in Madagascar maintenance facility for missions other than by plane, but MAF and NGOs (see photo right). assisted UGBM by providing flights Statistics for 2016 The extremely poor condition to Saint Marie. of Madagascar’s roads takes a 3 aircraft heavy toll on vehicles and keeping • MAF does regular vaccine them maintained and repaired can deliveries across the island, 52 destinations be problematic, both in the capital many of them to isolated areas and remote areas. Two like Marolambo (see photo top) 94 organisations flown experienced mechanics, where, during the rainy season, 28 staff (23 national, 5 international) René Rasolondramanitra and a trek into this village takes up to Hoshea Andrianaivo work on the 4 days by road. This is a huge 988 hours flown cars, while Remi Razakaharisoa problem when it comes to builds and welds whatever the delivering vaccines which can be 2,522 passengers transported job requires. Parson Rakotonirina easily damaged or even destroyed is the Garage Co-ordinator by heat and light so a short MAF 224,129 km flown managing the schedule, liaising flight can make all the difference 17,375 kg of cargo transported with customers and tracking down in making sure that many more parts. Approximately 30 different people can be vaccinated against 44 medical evacuations organisations and individuals preventable illnesses.
Annual Report 2016 11 MONGOLIA
MAF in Mongolia Statistics for 2016
1 aircraft 30 destinations 26 organisations flown
16 staff (13 national, 3 international)
361 hours flown
662 passengers transported
96,221 km flown
300 kg of cargo transported MAF IN ACTION Stops over the week included the • In Mongolia MAF operates as Blue town of Dalanzadgad, located in 21 medical evacuations Sky Aviation (BSA) (see team photo the south Gobi desert and the above). This year the team small community of Arvaikheer in welcomed back pilot Roy Rissanen the west. Before the team left whose flying skills and knowledge each province, the NHTH team of Mongolia are much appreciated donated several CPR mannequins by everyone. and a few other basic medical supplies to each hospital to enable • Early in the year pilot and Country the local medical teams to Director Dallas Derksen flew a practise their skills and to teach team from Samaritan’s Purse along others these skills as well, with people from a local church in potentially saving many Mongolian Ulaanbaatar to do an Operation lives in the future. Christmas Child shoebox delivery. After a time of singing and a • One of our regular partners in gospel presentation, each child Mongolia is Reaching the Light received their shoebox and much (RTL), a developmental centre joy was had opening them to based in Ulaanbaatar, which reveal the gifts lovingly sent from provides therapy services for all over the world (see photo left). children with special needs and parent training for their families. • This year Blue Sky Aviation started In April we flew a team of medical I JUST WANT TO offering a regular flight to the workers to Mandalgovi in the small town of Totsontsengel, south to spend a day assessing SAY A SINCERE located about 2 ½ hours flying children. So valued is the service time west of Ulaanbaatar. RTL offers that some parents had THANK YOU TO This small, isolated town is not brought their children from up to served by any other air operator. 200 km across the Gobi desert. YOU ALL AT MAF. To make this journey by land is By the end of the day, RTL had time-consuming and a very hard assessed 80 children and given YOU’RE GIVING drive for both people and vehicles some basic medical advice to THESE CHILDREN to make. On one trip in July we parents, as well as identifying picked up 4 medical patients around 10 children for further A CHANCE AT A who needed urgent treatment intense two-week treatment. only available in the capital. One MUCH BETTER LIFE was an older woman who had • One of our main services in difficulty moving, one was a small Mongolia is flying medical child who had suffered severe evacuations for those in need of burns over much of his body and emergency medical treatment. In two other infant children who mid-November we carried out a Timothy Daniell were on oxygen. medevac from Baruun-Urt in the Orphans Promise southeast part of Mongolia. The • In May we spent 5 days flying patient was in a coma, stable for a team from the American air transport but too fragile for 12 charity Nurses Heart to Heart hours of ground transport. Despite (NHTH), an organisation that severe weather conditions, enables nurses to volunteer their including high winds and snowfall, time and talents to teach basic and we were finally able to make the advanced life-saving skills, two hour flight to Ulaanbaatar including CPR, to their fellow where he was able to receive nurses in developing countries. further medical care.
12 MAF International Annual Report 2016 MYANMAR
THE LAILENPI RUNWAY WILL BE A NEW AIRFIELD PROJECT. BY CONSTRUCTING AN AIRFIELD IN THIS AREA, AIRPLANES COULD LAND AND THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THE EDUCATION, HEALTH AND ECONOMY OF MAF IN ACTION THIS COMMUNITY • The MAF team in Myanmar empowerment. Since 2009, they continues to focus its efforts have trained 834 Community on building relationships with Health Workers from 551 villages the new government, especially serving a population of over looking at airstrip development 120,000 villagers as well as U Kyaw Soe opportunities where MAF can training 93 Traditional Birth Department of Civil Aviation Myanmar work together with the Attendants. They have supported government and local villagers to build 19 Community communities to open up Health and Education Centres remote areas. across the region. They also run an educational scholarship • In late February 2016, MAF programme to support the next Myanmar Country Director Chad generation of leaders in Chin State, Tilley led a team on a road trip to with their first medical doctor Chin State in Myanmar to assess graduating in 2016. Dr Sasa and several open and closed airstrips. the Health and Hope team are The survey team was comprised excited about the prospect of an of American Civil Engineer Bryce airstrip in Lailenpi and are actively Unger, Deeram Khong (MAF partnering with MAF to make this Myanmar’s only national staff dream a reality. member) and four Singaporean technical specialists (see photo • A year after the MAF team’s first bottom right). visit, the Vice President of Myanmar, U Henry Van Thio, • The team also undertook a visited Lailenpi (see photo top of detailed feasibility assessment for Chad Tilley meeting the Vice building a new airstrip at Lailenpi, President), and authorised deep in the mountains. Four hills development of an airstrip there would need to be levelled to make by MAF, in partnership with Health a 1,000 metre airstrip in the and Hope. If this development mountainous area but would project is successful we hope offer huge benefits to this isolated that this will lead to MAF starting community. The roads in Chin a flight operation in Myanmar. It State are often narrow with steep was a highly significant occasion drops to the valley below, and for the community of Lailenpi, as MAF in Myanmar frequently become impassable no one from the presidency had Statistics for 2016 or too dangerous during the ever visited before. The monsoon season, leaving villages government committed over 0 aircraft in the mountains cut off. In 6 days $1million in support of the town of driving, the team travelled an infrastructure. This will include 0 destinations average of 10 hours each day, building of a hospital, community often with speeds between from centre, roads and a generator. 0 organisations flown 8 to 13 miles per hour. • MAF has identified Captain Tin 2 staff (1 national, 1 international) • Lailenpi is a Christian community Maung Aye, a respected aviation 0 hours flown where NGO Health and Hope, led expert in Myanmar, as a potential by Dr Sasa, is based. Their vision is Operations Director and Senior 0 passengers transported to bring primary healthcare, Government Liaison to lead MAF education, hope and development in building relationships and trust 0 km flown to the poorest people in and within the country and help to around Chin State through manage any national partnerships 0 kg of cargo transported community engagement and that are developed. 0 medical evacuations
Annual Report 2016 13 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
THE LAST TIME WE SHOWED THE ‘JESUS’ FILM A MAN CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, ‘MY FATHER TOLD ME ABOUT JESUS, BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND’
Paul Woodington MAF Pilot MAF IN ACTION Jeff hopes to complete his training • After seven years without a pilot in 2017 and said of his experience being permanently based at getting to this point: “It has been Madang, the start of 2016 saw MAF a very challenging 16 year journey pilot Remi van Wermeskerken and for me to get to where I am now. his wife Tjandra take on the role As a pioneer, I am happy to see the there to serve the communities in programme take shape. I am glad the Finisterre Mountain area with a to be at the final stages now, and I MAF aircraft. The headmaster of hope to see more national pilots the local school keeps telling Remi join after I am done.” what a blessing it is to have a plane based in Madang again. The • This year we had the privilege of school in Nankina really depends being part of the opening of a new on MAF to get their teachers and airstrip at Gebrau, a village nestled supplies to the village as there are at 6,600 feet in the Highlands. The no roads anywhere in this area. airstrip will give the community Remi was also able to carry out a access to healthcare and life-changing medical evacuation education as well as enabling for a young woman, Lona Isikel them to more easily sell their MAF in Papua New Guinea who was brought to Nankina on coffee crops as they will no longer a homemade stretcher by a group need to carry their 50kg coffee Statistics for 2016 of villagers. She had broken her leg bags over mountains to a four months previously after neighbouring airstrip. 13 aircraft slipping over while walking 15km down a mountain on her daily trip • In November, one of our large 212 destinations to fetch drinking water for her Twin Otter aircraft was loaded village. She was in enormous pain up with 1.5 tonnes of plywood 29 organisations flown but there was no way for her to and glass louvers and flown to get medical treatment until the Wopasali Primary School, located 129 staff (96 national, 33 international) MAF plane came. Remi was able in the Erave River gorge, to to fly her to a hospital in Madang enable them to build a new 5,254 hours flown to receive the urgent treatment double classroom. 30,151 passengers transported she needed to help her walk again. • In October, Wewak-based MAF 977,286 km flown • During the year, Jeff Baloiloi (see Pilot Paul Woodington (see photo photo above), has been left) set off on an outreach 2,729,112 kg of cargo transported undergoing an intensive pilot weekend in partnership with the training programme as the first Christian Brethren Church and 452 medical evacuations PNG national staff member to be missionary Graham Erb to the part of the MAF International western Sepik region, where they Internship Training scheme. The showed the ‘Jesus’ film to the 780 scheme was set up so we can people in the small village of grow and develop the next Wulukum. This was the first time generation of MAF pilots and the film had been shown in the engineers from within the area for over 30 years. countries where we serve.
14 MAF International Annual Report 2016 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (CRMF)
I LOVED THIS TWO-WEEK COURSE BECAUSE IT HAS LIT UP MY EYES! I THANK GOD FOR CRMF AND MAF FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ATTEND SUCH TRAININGS MAF IN ACTION • 2016 was a year of celebration for and progress to using basic the MAF Technology Services team Microsoft Office software for in PNG, known locally as CRMF – creating church leaflets, Christian Radio Missionary bookkeeping, and making Pastor Alois Fellowship – as they PowerPoint presentations. after attending a Basic Computer commemorated 60 years of They also learn how to use Training Course service to the people of Papua tablet computers and mobile New Guinea. phones for reading the Bible and identify many other ways they can • This year was a record year in use technology in their churches. many ways and our overall Of the course, one pastor said: ministry was up in all areas. “Times have changed and people Highlights for the year were seeing are using technology to move a total of 6,201 Bibles, 916 Audio forward. An opportunity such as Bibles, 273 Bible Resource Books, this comes only once in a while, and 145 Jesus Film DVDs and we must all attend the BCT!” distributed via the Bible Box and while another commented: Bougainville bible distribution “God has called me to serve Him, projects and training 334 church and these computer skills will pastors in basic computer skills. help me.” The WIFIBible continued to roll out, with a new major revision • In October, MAF flew David Feka developed during the year for and Joey Redhead from the release in early 2017. Technology Services team to Guasa, a remote village in the • The CRMF workshop offers a Eastern Highlands of PNG to reliable repair and maintenance undertake an HF radio installation service for electronic devices and at the local primary school. HF IT equipment and in 2016 carried radio, a nearly hundred-year-old out 472 jobs for customers, of technology, is still an essential and which 50% were related to life-saving piece of equipment for church work. remote mountain communities in PNG. Despite the rise of mobile • This year we also trialled 20 new phones throughout the country, solar WIFIBible kits for remote cellular signals are hard to come areas in PNG where there is no by in the Highlands making electricity. Tests have shown that phones unreliable or entirely the solar WIFIBible kit can run for useless for reaching someone on Technology Services (CRMF) up to three days before it needs to the other side of a mountain. The be charged again. team worked for two days to Statistics for 2016 install the system including many • The MAF Technology Services hours on a hot tin roof, blinded by 21 staff (17 national, 4 international) team provides Basic Computer the reflective glare, in order to set Training (BCT) year-round for up a solar panel and position the 2,564 radio comms pastors and church staff around tall radio antenna (see photo right). the country with 14 courses held David said: “I love doing this. Once 53 medevacs arranged in 2016 (see photos top and right). you finish an installation, you hear 6,201 bibles distributed It’s an intense two-week course the first radio call that comes in where church leaders start with and see the smiles on people’s 916 audio bibles distributed basic skills like how to turn on a faces. They know that they’re computer and use a track-pad, connected to the outside world.”
Annual Report 2016 15 SOUTH SUDAN
MAF in South Sudan Statistics for 2016
5 aircraft 55 destinations 204 organisations flown
42 staff (34 national, 8 international)
1,519 hours flown
4,532 passengers transported
368,337 km flown
181,933 kg of cargo transported
11 medical evacuations MAF IN ACTION • On 8th July renewed fighting be taken from Kajo Keji to Juba broke out in Juba and for further hospital treatment. subsequently spread around the Pilot Chris Ball checked in on them country. Following established a few weeks later and both boys protocols, MAF reluctantly decided were making good progress and to evacuate our international staff their injuries were healing well. from Juba to Kenya temporarily. We were flooded with requests • When the Across team asked us to from our partners and customers help them distribute 1,332 brand in South Sudan for flights to new Zande Bibles, we were more evacuate staff. To help co-ordinate than happy to help. We loaded up the evacuation efforts, teams from 1,000kg of the Bibles from their MAF Kenya, MAF Uganda and MAF base at Yei and, over the coming South Sudan worked together with weeks, every time we had some AIM Air and Samaritan’s Purse to spare room on a flight to a meet the needs, basing aircraft Zande-speaking community we and pilots near the South Sudan took some of the Bibles along. Our border in either Lokichogio, Kenya team in Juba were also pleased to or Arua, Uganda to be on hand be able to distribute some to the when they were needed. Within local churches in the city too. a short time the co-ordinated MAF effort had flown over 20 flights • Following a large scale outbreak and evacuated 187 people from of measles in Aweil, MAF flew I STARTED FLYING a number of NGOs and partner life-saving vaccines to support an WITH MAF MORE organisations. Many of our emergency measles vaccination partners remained in country or campaign run by Medair which THAN 30 YEARS quickly resumed operations once saw them vaccinate 49,483 AGO, AND WHEN calm was re-established, and our children and prevent many deaths. priority then was to fly the urgently The same month we also flew a I’M WITH MAF I needed cargo to support their field plane load of bicycles – operations, many of which were 14 in total – to Leer for Medair FEEL THAT I’M running dangerously low on (see photo top). The bicycles will SAFE. THANK YOU supplies. This included flying be used by their local nutrition 4 tonnes of freight to Motot for assistants so they can be more SO MUCH - YOUR Tearfund’s nutrition programme flexible and cover a greater SERVICE IS THE ONE for pregnant and lactating mothers geographical area to do home and children fighting acute visits, especially to follow up on BRINGING PEACE malnutrition. children who are not gaining FOR THE SUFFERING weight or families who need • In January MAF was called to carry extra support. PEOPLE OF SOUTH out a medical evacuation flight for SUDAN two young brothers, Alkheer and • In December we flew Mick Ebeling Alfathi Nabil, who had been from Not Impossible Labs to Yida seriously injured when their mud so they could continue their hut had been set on fire. Their project printing 3D prosthetic mother had died in the fire and limbs for those that have lost limbs Bishop Paride Taban the boys were suffering from such through conflict (see photo left). Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron severe burns that they needed to
16 MAF International Annual Report 2016 TANZANIA
WE DIDN’T HAVE A CLINIC FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BUT WHEN MAF STARTED THIS MINISTRY THERE WERE MANY, MANY CHANGES IN THIS AREA FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. NOW WE HAVE IMPROVEMENT IN OUR HEALTH. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET THIS SERVICE CONTINUE, BECAUSE MAF IN ACTION medical evacuation did not have • MAF believes that everybody such a happy ending. A young girl THERE ISN’T ANY deserves access to basic experiencing serious pain, PLACE WHERE healthcare. In May we flew a local probably due to rabies, was WE CAN GET TO THAT hospital medical team from Katahe brought to the aircraft by her to a clinic in the isolated village of family who wanted us to fly her to CLINIC EASIER! Lesirwai, to enable isolated people the main hospital in Arusha. to receive live-saving healthcare Despite getting airborne swiftly, services. Nurses and doctors the girl died during the journey. treated babies and mothers This, however, was not the end of Velonika suffering from cholera, provided the day. After landing back in Chidudu Village health consultations and taught Malambo, Kirstein was approached patients about cholera and malaria to fly a sick boy back to Arusha. prevention, the most common The medical evacuation went diseases in the area. The nurses smoothly and we transferred him also gave vaccines against other safely to the hospital. Unfortunately diseases. In addition to the he passed away a few days later. treatment and health education provided, an evangelist was • Dabia is an isolated village in the preaching before the clinic Kilimatinde region of Tanzania, opened and shared the message but mobile clinics are really of God’s love with the patients. making a difference in this area. The July outreach to Dabia turned • Also in May MAF Tanzania out to be a particularly memorable facilitated an outreach trip to one for Country Director and pilot Malambo, North Masaailand in Jarkko Korhonen. Whilst the partnership with a Masaai Bible medical team were doing their School. Normally MAF provides routine baby and prenatal clinic MAF in Tanzania a shuttle service where we pick work, a pastor with the Anglican Statistics for 2016 up and drop off Masaai evangelists Church in Dodoma baptised six from the Bible School to spend babies. Jarkko had previously led 3 aircraft a night or two in remote Masaai baptism and Holy Communion villages around Lake Natron and services in Dabia and had 51 destinations the mountainous area bordering obviously made a very good the Serengeti. This trip, however, impression since one of the 18 organisations flown turned out to be far from normal mothers decided to name her as pilot Kirstein Combrink ended son after Jarkko. 6 staff (3 national, 3 international) up flying three medical 347 hours flown evacuations. The first was a girl in • One of the more unusual Ole Milei who was in labour and experiences for the team 947 passengers transported experiencing complications. In a happened in March when one short time she was collected of our 206 aircraft was grounded 64,805 km flown and flown to Loliondo where she at the Haydom airstrip after a could receive hospital care: an hyena gnawed through part of 640 kg of cargo transported hour that possibly meant the the aircraft (see photo right). difference between life and death 4 medical evacuations for that young mother and her unborn child. Sadly the second
Annual Report 2016 17 TIMOR-LESTE
MAF in Timor-Leste Statistics for 2016
2 aircraft 9 destinations 30 organisations flown
5 staff (2 national, 3 international)
536 hours flown
2,294 passengers transported
91,309 km flown
30 kg of cargo transported
268 medical evacuations MAF IN ACTION team held a clinic in Oecusse • On 11 April MAF staff based in where they saw 19 patients, Dili shared a moment of MAF ranging from infants to an history when they flew a medical 80-year-old man. Several patients evacuation for the 1,000th patient were identified for future surgery. since the programme began in Dr Bayley says, “My greatest joy is 2007 (see photo top). Over this to see the patients who’ve had the period, MAF has operated in procedures. They are often very Timor-Leste in partnership with ill when I first meet them, with the Ministry of Health, providing an limited life expectancy. To see air ambulance service for critically them well and enjoying life again ill patients. At 9.10am we received is a source of huge satisfaction a call that a patient in Maliana to us all.” needed to be transferred to Dili Hospital. In less than 2 hours we • In July we had the privilege of had collected the patient, a flying the Prime Minister of 75-year-old man suffering from Timor-Leste, Doctor Rui Maria pneumonia and other de Araújo, to Suai so that he complications, and brought him could take part in a special cultural safely to Dili for further treatment. ceremony showcasing some of the work Timor Aid has been • In September the programme doing to preserve and promote experienced its busiest month Timor-Leste’s cultural heritage. ever, completing 31 medical The MAF plane was vital to fly the evacuation flights transporting Prime Minister to Suai, which 37 patients. could not be reached by land A LIFE SAVED IS transportation due to flood • This year the MAF Timor-Leste damage caused by heavy rains. A LIFE SAVED. wives co-ordinated a project to Later in the day our staff were create care packages for medevac excited to see the Prime Minister EVERY PATIENT patients, many of whom arrive had shared photos of himself in without essential supplies for their plane (see photo left) on his FEELS LIKE A BIG their time in hospital. The packs Facebook page, commenting on MOMENT, BEING contain items like toothpaste, his MAF flight, “It was an exciting soap, nappies and towels, as well experience, and am looking PART OF SAVING as the Gospel of Mark in the local forward to flying with you again SOMEONE’S LIFE Tetun language. sometime in the near future.” • In June we flew doctors and • This year we also flew Esther IS SPECIAL IN medical staff from East Timor Anderson who has been ITSELF Hearts Fund, whose lifesaving researching the ecology of work in Timor-Leste over the last Aedes mosquitoes in Same and 6 years has seen over 30 patients experimenting with small scale receive heart surgery in Australia, methods of control. This type as well as allowing hundreds of of mosquito is in the same family Daniel Moser patients to be examined by cardiac as those which spread Dengue MAF Pilot specialists. During this visit the fever and the Zika virus.
18 MAF International Annual Report 2016 UGANDA
MAF STAFF RELIABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM IS INCREDIBLE. FOR ALL THE TIME WE HAVE BOOKED OR CHARTERED FLIGHTS WITH MAF, WE HAVE NOT BEEN LET DOWN. MAF IN ACTION serious burns when his mosquito THE MOMENT YOU • In January, the MAF Uganda team net caught fire and the burning saw the culmination of a year of plastic net fell on him as he slept. BOOK, YOU ARE SURE dedicated effort to re-open an Sadly his older sister died from the OF THE MINISTRY old airstrip in Adjumani, Northern burns she sustained. The boy was SERVICE Uganda (see photo top). The area flown to Kampala for urgent skin is home to over 100,000 South grafts and the hospital was able Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict to report the good news that baby in their home country. To support Joel was making good progress the transport needs of many and the grafts had taken and were Puis Odepo NGOs and humanitarian healing well. ALARM Uganda organisations working in the refugee camp there, MAF helped • For over 10 years we have been rehabilitate the airstrip so we could partnering with Far Reaching start a regular flight service. Ministries. This year we flew On one of our first flights to the a number of flights to Nimule for newly-restored strip we took a them, including flying Dustin team from Tutapona (see photo Cummings, a volunteer with their right), an organisation set up to chaplaincy programme. Dustin has address issues of post-traumatic been teaching bible studies to the stress which affect refugees’ 10th Chaplain class of students as long-term mental health. well as ministering to a number of churches. • When serious fighting flared up in South Sudan in early July, the MAF • One of our regular services is to Uganda team were ready to assist fly blood to St Kizito Hospital in their colleagues in South Sudan Matany. The hospital frequently and Kenya with any surge capacity provides blood transfusion needed to meet the requests from services, 1,826 in 2016, from many NGOs and mission emergency traumas to children organisations wishing to leave suffering from anaemia due to South Sudan. MAF Uganda severe malaria, septicaemia, and positioned two aircraft in Arua, on nutritional deficiencies. With no the Uganda / South Sudan border blood bank in the Karamoja region to respond as quickly as possible the hospital depends on the to the inevitable flood of requests. blood supply from the blood bank MAF in Uganda Over the coming days, the team in Nakasero, Kampala. This poses Statistics for 2016 flew a number of flights including a serious transportation challenge evacuating groups from Yei and for the hospital to deliver this 6 aircraft Juba, bringing much relief to life-saving commodity but MAF those who feared for their safety. was happy to help. Over the years 57 destinations Once the fighting had ceased, the we have transported many litres of Uganda team also worked closely blood to the hospital which, they 559 organisations flown with partners to return them to have told us, has helped save South Sudan to re-commence many lives. 56 staff (42 national, 14 international) their important humanitarian and mission work so urgently needed 2,843 hours flown by the people of South Sudan. 7,719 passengers transported
• In September Pilot Greg Vine 679,638 km flown carried out a medical evacuation flight from Kasese after a 48,532 kg of cargo transported 7-month-old baby boy suffered 8 medical evacuations
Annual Report 2016 19
FLIGHT TRAINING & ENGINEERING Wind Beneath Our Wings Our Mareeba-based Flight Tucked away on the Tablelands of Far and Timor-Leste to undertake pilot North Queensland, is MAF’s Mareeba training and proficiency checks. Training and Engineering Training Centre and Engineering and • Through a generous donation, teams play a key role in Maintenance base. The team of 35 the training centre acquired a staff are vital to our front-line vision Cessna 172 aircraft, VH-WMC, keeping our pilots and of reaching remote and isolated which will be a welcome addition aircraft in the air communities, providing a number of to our training fleet. key services to our programmes across • The training centre gained approval the globe including training the next from the Commonwealth Register generation of MAF pilots and engineers, of Institutions and Courses for and carrying out maintenance for Overseas Students (CRICOS), which 36 of our aircraft based in the Asia allows flight training students to Pacific region. access special immigration visas for time training in Australia. The beginning of 2016 marked a milestone for the MAF Training Centre. Meanwhile, in the hangar, our dedicated Since moving up from Victoria at the team of engineers (see photos bottom beginning of 2015, the staff team spent left) have been working hard to ensure a lot of time and effort settling in; our aircraft are in the best condition training new staff as instructors, possible to serve our customers and completing and processing paperwork partners. As well as bringing aircraft to to establish a training partnership with the Mareeba base to undergo heavy Aviation Australia, and recruiting maintenance overhauls, our qualified students. On 8 February 2016, we staff regularly travel to field programmes welcomed our first two ab initio to carry out smaller, regular maintenance students from Switzerland (see photo checks and repair defects that occur. We left) to commence the 14 month also train apprentice engineers in both Commercial Pilot’s License course. avionics and mechanical engineering. This initial course included a cross country training flight to Arnhem Land, Highlights from 2016 include: described by MAF Training Centre • 20 different aircraft came through Operations Manager, Thomas Beyeler, the hangar, from a small Cessna 172 as a ‘great experience and something to a large Twin Otter, to undergo unique we can offer students’. anything from a 50hr check and oil change, to major overhauls and The Training Centre is able to offer modifications, avionics upgrades a variety of flight training, including and painting in a new livery. preparing students for different pilot • Major work was completed on licences and ratings both for private VH-MEP, a Cessna Caravan, which and commercial operations. For more was flown from Uganda, having experienced pilots joining MAF, the been used in the Kenyan and centre puts them through the MAF Tanzanian MAF programmes. Standardisation Course prior to sending This aircraft is now flying in them to fly in one of our programmes. Arnhem Land. In 2016 there were seven Standardisation • One brand new Cessna Caravan Courses which trained 17 candidates (P2-MAH), was flown from the US from eight different nationalities, heading to Mareeba, so it could be modified to serve in six different MAF locations. for service in Papua New Guinea. • There were 19 engineering trips to In addition to this in 2016: support MAF programmes in • Our instructors (see team photo top Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, Arnhem left) trained five overseas students Land, Papua New Guinea and for their Australian CPL conversions Mongolia, involving 11 engineers. and supported the Arnhem Land One engineer was involved in the programme through Instrument MAF disaster response in Haiti. Ratings (IR) conversions/refreshers. • One engineering apprentice • We trained several non-MAF completed his programme, gaining students, between them gaining a Certificate in Aeroskills and various qualifications from private Mechanical Engineering, while pilot licences to instructor rating. another gained his Diploma in • Instructors flew to Arnhem Land Aircraft Engineering.
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OUR FLEET
4 Cessna 172
4 Cessna 182
9 Cessna 206
5 Cessna 208
13 Cessna 208B
1 Cessna 208 (amphibious)
1 Cessna 210
1 Flight Design MC
20 GA8 Airvan
3 DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
JACOPHIN SINGH
Indian pilot, Jacophin Singh completed her CPL conversion at the Training Centre in Mareeba in November 2016. She will be returning in 2017 for her MAF Standardisation Course before serving with MAF in Arnhem Land, a place she had an opportunity to visit during her training. “God promised He would take me places and in His own time. He has brought me to Mareeba. New place, new people … the support, inspiration and dedication that I received was beyond compare. There was not one day that I felt homesick with all the cheerful people around in MAF. I was taken as their own and the unwavering support and encouragement during my training makes me truly inspired to proudly serve God and MAF. “GOD PROMISED HE WOULD I successfully achieved my license on 10th November and it was a dream come true … My trip to Arnhem Land was exciting and TAKE ME PLACES AND IN visiting the base and meeting the people from a different culture was a surreal experience … I can’t put into words how happy and HIS OWN TIME” proud I am to serve in God’s mission through MAF.”
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SAFETY 2.3. Asia Paci2fi.c3. R egioAns ia Pacific Region In an overview of the AsiIan Paacn oifvicer Rveiegwio ofn, thweo Aosf itah eP acSPifIisc arReg wioitnh,i ntw toh eo f‘t athreg eSt’P rIasn argee within the ‘target’ range with improvements in thew rieths timp of trhoev emeareanst s( seein the ta brlees bt eolfow the). a Trehaes a (cseecid etanbt lrea tbesel oware) . The accident rates are expected to be within thee accxpeecptabted tloe braen wgieth biny t2h0e1 acc8. Teptabhe Incle idraenngt era btey 2re0m18a.i ns T haboe Incvei dent rate remains above the Alert level, but it is grtahdeu Aalelyr ti mleprovel,v ibnugt (itS iPs Ig 4ra).d uHaollwy eimverpro, avliln tgh e( SSPPII ’4s) .h aHvoew ever, all the SPI’s have achieved a positive rate tachish iyeevaerd. a positive rate this year.
Safety Performance IndicSafeatorty sP –er Aformansia Paceif iIcn dicRegatorions – Asia Pacific Region 1. Flight accidents per 11.0 0,F0l0ig0ht fl iagccht ihdoeurnts per 100,000 flight hours 3.86 3.86 (Target = 2.00 or less; Acce(Tarpgtaebt l=e 2=. 030.5 o0r olesr lesss; A)cce ptable = 3.50 or less) 2. Flight accidents per 21.0 0,F0l0ig0ht dep accaridtureentss per 100,000 departures Safety 2.02 2.02 (Target = 1.25 or less; Acce(Tarpgtaebt l=e 1=. 225.0 o0r olesr lesss; A)cce ptable = 2.00 or less) 3. Serious incidents ex3pre. sSseerid oasus a i npceidrceentsnta egxepre of sasell rde pasor ats p ercentage of all reports 0.7 0.7 OUR SAFETY (Tar get = 2.1 or lessWe; Ac cecontinue(Taprtagbelte = = 2 7..1 to0 o or rseel eslesss; )evidenceA cceptable =that 7.0 o staffr less) Safety is a key4. Incidents expressed4 a. s aI ncpeidrceentnsta egxepressed of all re paosr ats p ercentage of all reports safety reports are the life blood of a 23.0 23.0 PERFORMANCE (Target = 5.0 or less; Acce(Taprtagbelte = = 5 2.00 .o0r olesr lesss; A)c ceptable = 20.0 or less) 3.2. Nonhealthy-Flight SMS.Acci dReportingents rates have organisational5. R eports per 1000 flicontinuedg5h. t hRouerpsor ts ptoer 1climb,000 flig hwhicht hours is a good IN 2016 WAS (Target = 20.0+T; hAeccere wpterea(bTla enr og= e ‘1nt 0o=+n 2)- f0li.g0h+t’; Aacccceidpetntsabl erec = o1r0d+e)d in 2016 in 3e2it.h1e r region. This is ref3lecte2.1 d THE BEST EVER. in Fithing,gures 1 4so an dmuch 15 bel osow. that it’s been necessary to revise our target and alert value and3. it Aiscc idae n t3. R ates Accident Rates WE BELIEVE 4. Occurrlevels.e nceRates R areep onowrts at record levels - EVERYONE IN OUR vital element3.1. Flig ofht Acc 3i.d1.e ntsT hFe l43.1iimgphotr treportsaAnccce iodf ere nperptsorti n1,000g of ev eflightnts, alo nhoursg with re-a thel and potential hazards, cannot be overshighesttated as itthey is the havese rep orbeents tha tsince enable the MAF SMS I to res pond in a proactive and ORGANISATION 3.1.1. MAF Intern3a.tional1.1. CpredoMmbinAicFtiv Ien dmte Flarnninghaetionalr t( iA.ec. cd Cideteoembinrnmt inRinaegted t rFl–e nSidsghP Iit n 1A t hacendc idov 2eera ntl lR dateta) .– TShPeI se1 catndion s2 b elow all our functions.The combined acc idenillt ustrTateshwasreate comb (A h fstarted.oriwcain w eRdee llaccg Mio AnTheidF ae In dits rgraph Aatesdsoiian gPac(A a fgrbelowiiacafiicnst R etgh eioillustrates nSP )a fIno tdra fArlgigsethtias Pachthoautrif shic a Rvee gbeeionn) fsoer tf.l ight hours IS RESPONSIBLE and departures are illustraatednhowd dep in tawellhreture fig sureMAF arse bile lustInternationallowrated. Th ein n tuhme bfieg ruredids shs oagainstbwelno wfo.r 2T0h 1e6 n shumobwe rs shown for 2016 show a decrease4 i.n1. th e accidFerante decthe qratuere e.Safety naBscoetyh in to hthfe Performance e R2 a.e3c9pc iadocercnttsid re atntse. pB eoIndicatorrt h1 0th0e,0 20.03 9fl iag(SPI)chct ihdoe untsrs apnedr 100,000 flight hours and FOR ENSURING A growing culture of safetythe 1 is.5 5 accident rate petrh 1e0 10.,5050 0a cfcligidhetnt d erpataer tpueresr 1 a0r0e,0 t0h0e floligwhestt d espincaretu receso arrdse the lowest since records WE OPERATE fundamental to all our operationsbegan. Ne4x.t1 yand.e1a. r i s exMpAebceFtargetstge Iadnn t.oe rnNshea oxthattionaltw y ae asl rwere iig sCh eto ximbinnpc esetrcetaeesed ford t o in– sh rSP2016.aoteswI 5 abec sligahust ien corfe aa sedo winntu ratresn because of a downturn in flight hours over the pastin f l8ig yhet ahrosu arss oilvlustrer tathee dp astin F 8ig yureaer s3 abse lilolustrw. ated in Figure 3 below. SAFELY SO I WANT has a positive and direct effect on the overall efficiency and effectiveness of MAFMAF International Internation aReportingl Combine-dS Rates PI 5 2016 MAF International CoMmbinAF Inteed Flrnighationat Hourl Cso mbinAccideedn Flt Rateight Hours Accident Rate TO GIVE THANKS our work. We believe that observing 50 2.3. Asia Paci22.f3.i.c3. R egiAoAsnsi aia Paci Pacififci cR Reeggioionn 6.00 6.00 43.1 operating standards and procedures, 45 In an overview of the AIsniIa na Pna acnoTO voierfvicerv Rive eiALLwegw iofo ofn t,h t ehwOUR eAo sAoisaf i taPh eacP acSifPiicfIi scR arRegeigo winoi,tn ht,wi ntwo t oho efo tf‘ht atehr egS ePSt’IP srI asarn argee ew withitihni nth teh e‘t a‘tragregt4.98e’ tr’a rnagneg e 4.98 rs
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3.86 Per 100,0 3.863.86 10Per 100,0 6.4 (Target = 2.00 or lesREFLECTEDs; (ATcce(aTragrpegttae =bt l=2e . 20=.0 03 0o.5 ro 0lresIN olesrs l;esss A; cceA)cce Weptpat baarelbel e= =3proud .35.05 0o ro lr ess ofless )our ) safety culture1.00 and 1.00 6.0 2. Flight accidents pe2r. 2 1.0 0F,lF0igl0ihtg0ht adep ccacciadriedturentents ssp e pre 1r 0100,00,00we00 0dep dep trainaraturerture staffs s to ensure that operating 5 1.5 THESE RESULTS 2.02 2.022.02 (Target = 1.25 or less; (ATcce(aTragrpegttae =bt l=1e . 12=.5 22 5o.0 ro 0lres olesrs l;esss A; cceA)cce safely ptpatbalbel e=and =2 .20.0 0providing 0o ro lress less) ) a safe and0.0 0reliable 00.00 2006 2007 2008 2004092022060005102200207060112200072080122200082090132020902100214010202112001511202120161220213013 22001414 2201515 22001616 3. Serious incidents e3x.3 pre. SseriSseeriodus oasus i na ic npicdeiedrntsceentsn eta xegprexepre osfse saselservicedl rdase pas ora atps e p rforecercen tnouratgaeg e ocustomers fo af lal lrle rpeorportst s and partners 0.7 0.70.7 Target Alert (Target = 2.1 or less; A(cTce(aTrapgrteagtbe =lte =2 = .21 7.. 1o0 ro lores rl eslsess;s A; )cA ceccepistpa thetbalbel e= number =7. 7.0 0o ro lress less one) ) priority. We also have Alert TTargetarget AlAcceptableert LevelTarget Reporting Rate 4. Incidents expressed4.4 a. sI ncaI ncpideiedrntceentsn seta xegpressedxepressed of all rae spa osar atps e p recercentnatgaeg eo fo af lal lrle rpeoprotsrt s Figure 8 Bill Harding a Safety Management23.0 System (SMS)232. 30. 0 Figure 1 Figure 1 (Target = 5.0 or less; Acce(Taprtagbelte = = 5 2.00 .o0r olesr lesss; A)c ceptable = 20.0 or less) (TargeInterimt = 5.0 or CEOless; A ccepwhichtable = 2encourages0.0 or less) reporting of any FromSecurity Figure 8 ahasbove, taken it can bae muchseen th ahighert the MA Fprofile I combin ed reporting rate continues 5. Reports per 1000 f5li.g5 .h tR hReopueorrpsort s t sp epre 1r 010000 0fl ifglihgth ht ohuorusr s MAF International SMS AnnMuAaFl RIntepeornrttoat - igroo2n0ina1wl6 terms.S MItS is A nno nofwua atl risksR ae proercord t to- 2 0 MAFr1at6 e (4 International3.1 reports per 1 0P0a0g feli g4 hotf h1o3ur s) and the hPiagghee s4t oitf 13 (Target = 20.0+; AcceMAFp(tTa(abTrlaeg r Internationaleg=te 1=t 0 =2+ 02) .00.+0;+ A; cceAcceptpatbalbissues,el e= =1 01+0)+ concerns) 3 or2.1 incidents so we323 .2can1. 1 has been since the SMS was started. The overall trend in reporting levels continues to learn from them and adjust our be pandositiv esecurity although treportinghere may be hasa ‘le vbecomeelling off’ in a th e future. crucial part of ensuring safety within our 3. Acciden3.t3. R ates A Acccidideennt tR Ratesates processes as necessary. Each region will be examined separately below so that the Regional Directors can revieprogrammes.w how well their r eLargespectiv escale region militarys are perf oeventsrming. I nformation is available on a programme level basis so that the Programme Managers, Safety Managers and 3.1. Flight Acc33.1.i.d1. e nts FFlilgighht tA Accccidideenntsts The 2016 accident rate for MAF Quasuchlity Ma nasag ersthe ca outbreakn also revie wof th fightingeir overall piner foSouthrmance . 3.1.1. MAF Intern3.3a1.tional.11..1 . 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T hin ei nt hn teuh mefi gbfiureegruress sh sb eoblweolnwo w.f o .Tr h2Te0h 1en6 un mshumboebwres r ssh showown nfo fro 2r 021061 6sh showow to the organisation but we are confident our best ever and show a decrease in a decrease in the accidae antdec dec ratreerae. saBeso eitnh i n tth htehe e a2 ca.3cci9cd ieadntcecnt irdat reatents.e B. ptheoBetohrt ht1 h accident0teh0 e2,0 .230.903 9afl icagcchi cdtrate iehdntsoeuntsr spto eaprne 2.391dr 0 100,00,0 0accidents00 0fl ifglihgth ht ohuorus r persa nadn d that the systems we have established the 1.55 accident rate ptheterh 1e10 .150.5,50 5a0 c0ac cficdligiedhntetnt drat erpatea epr tepurer es1r 01 0a0,r00e,00 t00h 0efl ifglolihgwth estdt edp esapincraturetrues reces ao raerrds eth teh elo lwowestest s isncince erec recorodsrds began. Next year is exbpeebgceatgenad.n t.No Neshxetox ytw ey aaer a slirs ii gseh xetp xienpcetrcetdae sedto t oshin100,000 sh orawotesw a aslbec sligihg aflightthus itn iecnr coerfae ase a sehours.d ion wi nrntua rtaestr esn bec becausause eo fo af ad odwowntunturnr n will enable us to identify, report and in flight hours over the ipnasti nfl ifg l8ihg tyh het oahurosrus ar sos voilervlustrer th teath epe astdpast in 8 F 8yig eyuraeraesr s3a sab sile llustrilolustrw.at atede din i nF iFgiurgure e3 3b ebleolwow. . mitigate such hazards into the coming years. The increasing use of better MAF International CMAFMoMmbinAAF FInteInternational Inteedr nFlranitionaghationat Hourl Cl Cosmbino FlightmbinAcceiddee dFln HoursFlti ghRateight Hourt Hour Accidents sA Accidcidene tnRate Ratet Rate 2016 intelligence and thoughtful risk 6.00 6.6.0000 assessments in all areas is providing 4.98 4.984.98 MAF International SMS Annual Report - 2016 Page 8 of 13 rs rs rs a basis for good management u u 5.00 4.61 4.60u 5.5.0000 4.614.61 4.604.60 o o o 4.33 4.37 4.42 4.334.33 4.374.37 4.424.42 H H H decision making. t t t 3.71 3.713.71 4.00 4.4.0003.500 3.503.50 g h g h g h Fl i Fl i Fl i The dedication of all staff providing safe 0 0 3.00 0 3.3.0000 2.59 2.74 2.592.59 2.742.74 0 0 0 2.39 2.392.39 flight operations, ground operations, 2.00 2.2.0000 maintenance and support of all types is Per 100,0 Per 100,0 Per 100,0 commendable and we know how much 1.00 1.01.000 our strong safety record is valued by our 0.00 0.0.0000 customers and partners as together we 2006 2007 2008 200920206020601020207020701120208020801220209020901320210021001420211021101520212021201620213013 20214014 20215015 20216016 reach out to those most in need around Alert TTargetarget AlAleAcceptablertert T aLevelTragregtet Accident Rate the world.
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22 MAF International Annual Report 2016 FINANCIAL REPORT 2016 Financial Report
36% 5% Type of Income USD Flying activities Other mission activities Flying activities 11,450,000
Other mission activities 1,588,000
Donations received 18,394,000 57% 2% Interest & other income 636,000 Donations Interest & received other income TOTAL 32,068,000
Type of Expenditure Flying & other mission activities 11,331,000 36% 38% Flying & other Staff costs Staff costs 11,958,000 mission activities
Other field expenses 4,278,000
Support office costs 1,127,000
Grants* 2,294,000 14% 4% Raising funds 339,000 Other field Support office expenses costs TOTAL 31,327,000
*To other MAF groups and agencies
Please note: These figures represent the income and expenditure of operational activities within MAF International across Africa and Asia Pacific. 7% 1% MAF International is funded primarily through our MAF Grants* Raising funds Resourcing Groups from around the world. We deeply value our partnership with them and their supporters’ contribution to the ministry of MAF remains vital.
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