From our home country, The Netherlands, the whole world is within reach. By bike to the shop, by car to family or by plane on holiday. An ambulance can reach you within fifteen minutes. But for many in Africa, the daily reality is very different. They have none of that and live isolated, far from civilisation.

 We are Joost de Wit and Ruth de Wit - van der Ploeg. We live in Nairobi, Kenya, with our children Naud and Annemijn. Ever since we were children, we both wanted to become pilots. We succeeded. Together we had a long career as pilots at KLM.

 When we got to know MAF, we realised how much of a difference an airplane can make for people in isolated communities. Since then, we have developed a rapidly growing desire to use our talents and experience as pilots for a new mission: reaching the unreached. After two years of preparation, we resigned from KLM and left for Africa to help them as pilots at MAF

 We believe that every person in this world is God's beloved child. Regardless of color, background, belief or any form of distinction. By plane we are bringing help, hope and healing to the ends of the earth.