Ben & Anne Sibthorpe - Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Australia
Ben & Anne, Alice, Jack, Olivia and Estella set off to Australia in 2010, when Ben became Engineering Supervisor at the MAF Centre in Mareeba.
The base at Mareeba is responsible for engineering maintenance and overhaul services for their planes flying throughout South East Asia and among the isolated Aboriginal peoples 
in Australia.
MAF aircraft make access to the outside world possible for people who live in bush communities, in jungle or mountainous terrain and where there are no viable roads, and they do this in many different ways The aircraft can be used to deliver medical staff and supplies, do emergency evacuations, take part in disaster relief such as floods, and to provide malaria vaccination supply flight programmes.
They also fly health workers, Christian workers, medical supplies, building materials, etc, and assist governments and many NGOs.
In addition to this they carry produce to market, which can be a country’s sole means of livelihood, and general goods back into the community.
In all these ways MAF provide a vital service to otherwise isolated communities.
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