Just recently, I was honoured to have a flight carrying a UNICEF sponsored project of midwives travelling into Moroto, Uganda to run a series of clinics and workshops that teach women about prenatal care and safe child birthing practices.
The group of midwives and UNICEF staff.
These ladies rely on MAF as they travel from Eastern to Western Uganda quite frequently. Eastern Uganda has the highest infant and maternal death rates in the entire country which sees at least 17 mothers and 106 newborns die here every day! Most of these deaths are preventable and largely because there is no care available to these women during pregnancy, childbirth and after.
The airstrip in Moroto.
Also on this flight were staff members of Save the Children - Uganda. These folks are building and overseeing over 11 education centres for approximately 800 students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford an education.
I feel very privileged to be a part of what MAF is helping to do in this country - together, we are investing in a brighter future for Uganda!
The Save the Children vehicle arrives to collect the passengers at the airstrip
- thanks for partnering with us!
The pilot :)
Eastern Ugandan villages.
The mist on some of the hills of Kampala on our flight home.
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