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Lesotho

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Since 1980, MAF has provided safe, efficient air transportation for the Lesotho Flying Doctor Service (LFDS). In addition, MAF provides weekly flights to six health clinics operated by Partners In Health (PIH). Nearly 200,000 people depend solely on LFDS and PIH for medical care.

Currently, MAF serves 12 rural mountain health posts from 22 dirt airstrips carved into the nation’s rugged mountains. MAF services enable the work of 38 partner agencies, including Africa Inland Mission (AIM), Southern Baptist Mission, William J. Clinton Foundation, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Samaritan’s Purse, and Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM).

In the past year, MAF has seen a 10 percent increase in the number of emergency medical evacuation flights, as there are more doctors in the mountains to treat patients and send them to hospitals. More missionaries are also coming to the mountains, which adds to the demand for MAF services.

Impact

In the past 12 months, the MAF program in Lesotho ...

  • Saved Christian and humanitarian workers 5,855 days of travel time—or 24 work years redeemed for roductive Kingdom work!
  • Executed 3,864 flights, transported 9,649 passengers, and delivered 534,336 pounds of cargo in order to provide access to the Gospel and to basic services such as health clinics, medical emergency evacuations, and ducation—services otherwise unavailable in this mountainous region.
  • Sustained the LFDS, providing medical care to some 200,000 people.
  • Supported an evangelistic, home-based, patient care project, teaching families to care for their critically ill relatives infected with HIV/AIDS. Distributed Bibles to patients and their families.
  • Provided safe, efficient aviation services to missionaries reaching mountain villagers with the Gospel.
  • Facilitated new and ongoing mission endeavors to show the "JESUS" film in remote villages. Presented the film at a local prison. The film also plays continually in the MAF patient waiting room.
  • Assisted NGOs and the MoSW in providing proper healthcare and HIV/AIDS training in very remote areas of Lesotho.
  • Developed a plan to enable national pastors and expatriate missionaries to evangelize and disciple using the orality method. The plan includes translating the God's Story Project materials into the Sesohto language and providing Simply the Story (STS) orality training for MAF Lesotho staff.
  • Installed six VSAT systems at mountain health clinics.
  • Hosted a VSAT training program for members of the MAF Lesotho team, the MAF west DRC team, a west DRC church, and a local NGO.

MAF Staff Serving in Lesotho

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