In August, Bret continued his fieldsite visits in South America, joined by Wings of Hope mechanic Curtis Kelley. First stop Paraguay: Our field director, Cliff Schisler, uses a 1959 Cessna 175 to support the Guarani people with medevac services, health and dental clinics, food and …
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When Wings of Hope President and CEO Bret Heinrich visited Tanzania this past June, he was able to join our longtime partner Flying Medical Service (FMS) on their fly-in medical clinics serving Maasai women and children. FMS flies doctors into 25 Maasai communities, visiting each …
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On January 28, we gave a true Wings of Hope sendoff to a very special Cessna 182. The plane was used in a hands-on STEM program for students in Texas. Now, it is flying medical air transport missions for Adventist World Aviation in Guyana. Surrounded …
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Wings of Hope volunteer pilot, Ken Pratt, generously covered a gap in service in Belize during the two months between previous pilot TJ Stewart leaving and new pilot Michael Valley taking over the post. During the 60 days he was there, Ken wrote a daily …
On July 30, we flew our newly refurbished and painted Piper Cherokee 6 to Belize where our pilot, TJ Stewart, is using it to fly medical missions for longtime partner, Belize Emergency Response Team (BERT). Volunteer pilots Don Hoerstkamp, Rick Oloteo and Ed Schertz delivered …
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We have wonderful news to share from the Cambodian education program we support with our partner John Givonetti Giving (JGG). The first nine student volunteer teachers – who started with the program when they were in middle school – have graduated from university. These students …
“Meeting with a group of bright, curious teenage girls about the pressures on them to drop out of school was the most impactful moment for me,” said Global Programs and Partnerships Director Jess Watson after her nine-day trip to India with volunteer Mike McCombs in …
By TJ Stewart From the cockpit, I can see the sun setting as the plane starts descending into Dangriga, a small town on the coast of Belize. I am responding to a call about a boat that capsized with a young mother and her infant …
For a number of years, our work in Nicaragua has centered on providing medevac services to the indigenous Miskito people living in remote villages. In August, Adventist World Aviation (AWA) took over this service when we sent our pilot TJ to Belize. But our work …
Meet Kimberly Townsend, our new field director managing our education program with partner John Givonetti Giving (JGG) in Cambodia. After only a few weeks on the job, Kimberly sent us this note sharing how impressed she is with the Cambodian people, the JGG program, and …
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