MMS Mangabe
MMS Mangabe was challenging, with insecurity due to bandits, and lack of clean water. But with local community support we helped many people in need.
MMS Ambatolahy
We returned to Ambatolahy near the west coast with a team of 23 including cooks and drivers. 2 volunteers from England accompanied the MMS team too. The surgeons carried out the most operations ever on an MMS.
MMS Beroroha
The MMS team returned to Beroroha for the first time in two years, using our own base there. The team was small due to aircraft capacity limits, but were still able to treat many difficult cases.
MMS Ankavandra
Ankavandra is a rural commune in the District of Miandrivazo, on the Manambolo river. Ankavandra is among the red zones in terms of security, especially in the outlying villages. The commune has about 10,000 villagers, most of whom are farmers and fishermen.
MMS Marolambo
Marolambo is on the Nosivolo river and was inaccessible by road until 2006. The airstrip built by MAF is the main way to reach the area. Our team accompanied by a pastor from MAF left Ivato on May 8th around 10 a.m. and we arrived in Marolambo at 11 a.m. Just a few metres near…
MMS Ampasinabo
Ampasinambo is near the East coast of Madagascar. We usually combine this MMS with one to Sahakevo, over a two-week period. The team left Tana on Saturday April 15th. For this mission, we collaborated with the Lutheran and the Catholic Church of Ampasinambo. They led the message every morning before the activity. We were 7…
MMS Sahakevo
Sahakevo is in a remote eastern coastal region, and regularly suffers from the devastating effects of storms and cyclones coming in from the Indian Ocean. Our MMS The team consisted of 12 people, but because of the weight, the plane can only carry 7 people with a pastor from MAF. Therefore some of the…
MMS Ambatolahy
19 of our great MMS team were in Ambatolahy last week for the first MMS of 2023. Starting with a service of blessing as usual, they saw over 540 people, including 33 surgical operations (appendix, cysts, hernias, abcesses). Some had been waiting for 2 days; others had travelled 70km to be there. All went well…
MMS Nosy-Varika
MS Nosy Varika took place from October3rd to 7th 2022. This is is a community on the East coast of Madagascar, hit hard by the cyclones in January 2022.
MMS Ambatolahy
Our MMS in Ambatolahy, 2 days drive from Tana near the west coast of Madagascar, was a great success.
Our team carried out a record number of interventions, partly due to the unique benefit of having two rooms to do surgical operations simultaneously.