Lesotho

Lesotho is a small, mountainous country surrounded on all sides by South Africa. It’s the only country in the world that lies entirely above 3,281 feet in elevation—and though it’s beautiful, life there is marked by poverty, underemployment, HIV, and tuberculosis.

Since 1980, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has been serving together with its partners to bring help, hope, and healing to Lesotho. Today, 22 airstrips connect isolated villages to lifesaving flights.

Each year, MAF brings help and healing through hundreds of medical evacuations for laboring mothers, victims of domestic violence, or patients who have suffered injury. MAF also partners with the Lesotho Flying Doctor Service, transporting medical personnel and supplies to medical clinics in isolated villages.

In total, more than 80% of MAF’s flights in Lesotho support the medical needs of the some 300,000 people living in the country’s mountainous regions.

MAF also partners with Basotho missionaries and disciple-makers, who bring the hope of Jesus to isolated people in the highlands. Organizations like Lesotho Mountain Discipleship are reaching remote villages and maintain a patient house at the MAF base, where they meet the physical and spiritual needs of patients who come for medical care.

Your support makes it possible to serve in countries like Lesotho. Thank you!