MAFs 'VIPs' in South Sudan

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There’s no red carpet and no limousine. They don’t have entourages or luggage handlers or any desire for that.

passengers ...

Our passengers are completely

Teaching supplies*

Building supplies*

Life-giving medicine*

Crates of food*

Baggage allowance


We get to see this because we’re flying the people who are bringing this change. These people we affectionately call our ‘VIPs’ – our ‘first-class passengers’.

Despite the overwhelming violence and devastation recently reported on the news, great things are happening in South Sudan. Lives are being transformed every single day.

But make no mistake, in South Sudan these are VIP passengers – at least, they’re our VIP passengers.

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*In 2013, MAF South Sudan flew 3000kgs of educational cargo, 36,000kgs of church supplies, 70,000kgs of Medical supplies and a massive 167,000kgs of aid and development cargo.

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we think you’ll agree it’s $100 well spent!

Cessna 208s. It allows us to subsidise an hour’s

We need you to buy a ticket for one of our VIPs.

What does it take to transform South Sudan? It takes people like these. People who work long, hard days to bring real hope to forgotten communities.

Meet some of our VIPs

without a doubt say that this country desperately needs these ‘VIPs’.

bringing. Some had travelled upwards of 100kms to get to this clinic.

evacuating during the crisis. 50 gunshot victims were

impoverished region

The Alaska Sudan Medical Project: a grass-roots, volunteer project that works

Jill, one of our VIPs, oversees a clinic in the very remote town of


Aid, Medair, SIM Sudan and Save the Children.

WHI are just one of our 400 organisational partners.

In a place like Kajo Keji, this means more than precious clean water. Before these wells existed, the women had to travel long distances, often at night, to the closest stream. Rape was a common occurrence. This is no longer a problem.

Last year in South Sudan we flew 8540 ‘VIP’ passengers just like these!

Now, he works with Baptist Mission. He’s passionate about meeting the many and varied needs of those deeply

during Bashir’s rampage Pastor Edward was exiled. He describes seeing thousands dead from “starvation and bullet wounds”.

Pastor Edward loves his country. He has a deep desire to see it changed and transformed. His love for his fellow man is

Water Harvest International are most certainly VIPs! They are frantically busy drilling clean, abundant water wells for communities all throughout East


deliver food

When you buy a plane ticket for a VIP, it means they can climb aboard and....

educate

set up health clinics

dig wells

at a time ...

Transforming

facilitate reconciliation

give vaccines


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*Gifts for MAF’s relief and development in South Sudan are tax deductible through MAF Aid Fund ABN 49498842455

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Donate online: maf.org.au/VIP

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$100 for one ticket

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Write a personal message to a VIP. We will tear it off and send it to South Sudan


A special message to you, our VIP

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