Sokpheaktra-Soeurn joined JGG’s English language program in the 6th grade and went on to become a student teacher. After graduating high school, she studied business enterprise at university and lived in JGG’s Siem Reap dormitory. While a university student, she worked full time for a […]
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When Wings of Hope first began partnering with John Givonetti Giving (JGG), it was in support of an educational outreach program for students living in rural villages in Pursat Province, Cambodia. The program offered children of subsistence farmers — people who grow their own food
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Wings of Hope partners with Patrulla Aérea Civil Colombiana (Colombia Civil Air Patrol), or PAC. This team of volunteer pilots and health care professionals has been flying into the most isolated places in Colombia, performing health brigades for the country’s most vulnerable communities for nearly
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a relatively small country with population estimates ranging between 8 and 11 million people. It is also one of the most culturally diverse countries with people speaking 840 languages. More than 80% of the population lives in rural areas, with
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Imagine if your ability to receive emergency medical care was dependent on the weather. That is all too often the case for communities in the Ecuadorian rainforest served by Wings of Hope partner Alas de Socorro (ADS). Due Diligence Mission This past May, a Wings
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“Being a pilot is more than a profession, it is a passion — and this may be the best way I can give back to the development of my country, Belize.” This past spring, Belize Emergency Response Team (BERT) — our partner for more than
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Two new pilots will complete flight training on plane before heading to Papua New Guinea In September, Mark Palm, CEO of Samaritan Aviation, delivered a brand-new float plane to the Wings of Hope hangar. The plane, which will be the third float plane in Samaritan
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Wings of Hope has a new partner in South Africa. Mercy Air, founded in 1991, uses four aircraft — a Cessna 310, a Quest Kodiak 100, and two Eurocopter AS350 helicopters — to provide humanitarian services to Mozambique and other South African countries. Relying on
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Richard Ju is a Maasai pilot Wings of Hope supported with a scholarship to obtain his private pilot’s license and instrument rating in Florida. Richard grew up watching his mother work as a cook for Flying Medical Service (FMS) and dreamed of someday becoming a
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Wings of Hope has been working with Flying Medical Service (FMS) in Tanzania supporting fly-in medical clinics — currently using two Cessna 206 planes — for Maasai communities for some 37 years. The clinics focus on pre- and post-natal health, and they vaccinated nearly 24,000
