Partnership Enables Rural Health Worker Training
PARTNERING WITH DIGICEL FOUNDATION TO TRAIN RURAL HEALTH WORKERS Imagine you are a nursing officer at a clinic in a remote village in PNG. You see patients from 8am to 6pm with no breaks. Your staff is minimal, and your clinic is undersupplied with meds and vaccines. You’re tasked to meet the needs of the […]
Anti-venom Saves A Little Girl
ANTIVENIN SAVES A LITTLE GIRL “[Alison’s parents] knew that a life flight provided by Samaritan Aviation was the only option to save their daughter’s life!“ It was a typical Tuesday afternoon, with Nick and Lorraine Mosca engaged in language training with Chris and Sarah Cooke on the Samaritan base. Then an emergency call came in: […]
Battling Rough Weather to Save a Life
BATTLING ROUGH WEATHER TO SAVE A LIFE “Our team had to make the tough decision to wait until the next morning to pick up the young boy.“ “On a Thursday evening, after all of our work was finished, we received an emergency call. The plea for help was for Tommy, a young boy from Amboin […]
Mona Lisa Smiles
Mona Lisa has a smile that lights up the Haus Sik (hospital). Three weeks after being flown in from her home village of Ambunti, she is starting to feel like a kid again. At just seven years old, she was suffering from a bone infection that caused severe swelling in both of her legs, as […]
One Day, Six Lives Changed Forever!
In a whirlwind 24 hours, our team had the privilege of helping to save the lives of six Sepik babies! At Samaritan Aviation, we believe that every life is precious and a gift from God. While we love being able to give people a second chance at life, there is a special place in our […]
Nehemiah’s Miracle
WRITTEN BY LUKE HAMER The call came like any other. Chris, our Medical Director answered. The person on the other end explained that a 10 year old boy had fallen out of a tree. A tall tree at that. After Chris hung up the phone, I knew we had a flight, but it would have […]
Meet Robert Mapmangu
Sharing the love of Christ through action has been our purpose and mission since the beginning, and this often happens in our hospital ministry. After a year of prayerfully seeking out just the right person to work alongside our staff, we are excited to introduce to you our new Hospital Ministry Staff Member, Robert Mapmangu. […]
Surfer Magazine December 2016
DECEMBER.12.2016 THE GOOD SAMARITAN From the sky above, the water of Papua New Guinea’s Chambri Lakes took on the dark translucence of black tea even as the winds of an approaching storm whipped its surface into a thousand wakes. This deceivingly rough water complicated the landing for pilot Mark Palm. A wheeled plane is governed […]
