Stories of Life
Read all about what we do, the people we help and the lives we impact.
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The Power of Dedication
The lights suddenly went off with a boom! Loadshedding had caught the surgical team unawares, and Dr Pons was at a critical point in the surgery with instruments inside Nicho’s eye. The room went dark, all the equipment was dead, and the microscope was off.
There’s a Whisper in the Villages… It Speaks of HOPE
By Inako Beshe
A lot of people in my area testified that they have been helped by Flying for life, that is how I got to know about it. It would be great to have the organisation visit more often as it brings hopes into our lives again.
The Right to Health Care in our Country
Promoting Good Health and Well-Being in our country. Get an insight into how you can make a difference.
Really, time flies! Get it? It’s our 10-year Anniversary!
It’s Flying for Life’s 10-year anniversary! Here’s to the next decade with you.
A Vision for the Sightless
Rural communities are often understaffed and lack resources. Flying for Life gained insight into what it looks like to work in such circumstances from rural healthcare workers’ perspective.
Vision: A symbol of hope
Rural communities are often understaffed and lack resources. Flying for Life gained insight into what it looks like to work in such circumstances from rural healthcare workers’ perspective.
Uplifting Rural Limpopo
Work-intensive projects require a strong team. Get insight into what we got up to on our recent multi-project flight in rural Limpopo!
Seeing Through The Eyes Of An Optometrist
Restoring sights is one of our core values. We were able to help 120 patients on our latest eye care project. Let’s explore what that looked like for our optometrist!
Volunteers: Love In Motion
Volunteers are essential to our work at Flying for Life. We are happy to share our findings on how giving back impacts their lives!
The Power of Storytelling
One of the ways in which our community at Flying for Life grows is through storytelling. We have been able to come this far through the stories we share, the stories our partners share, and stories from the people in the communities we help.
Uniting Against a National Crisis
South Africa is battling a number of calamities, with cancer being one of the most prominent. Early cancer detection is our hope in coming out victorious in this battle…
Flying Miles to Bring Smiles
On the 8th of June 2021, we hit a record amount of dental patients in 2 days. A total of 61 extractions took place, bringing much relief to the patients who had been so desperately needing this intervention. Here’s the story…
An Eye-Opening Experience
The gift of sight is something that many of us take for granted daily. The mere ability to see our loved ones is a gift on its own. Our eyes are sometimes even called the window to our souls.
Seeing to Believe
With some individuals in Venda being on the waiting list for as long as three years, 290,000 South Africans are at risk of going blind due to cataracts. This is where Flying for Life steps in.
A Journey to be Witnessed
In the most isolated and rural areas of Vhembe, Limpopo, men and women queue for hours and travel for days all for one thing – sight.
Hope for the Hopeless
In many places in South Africa, large families are forced to “isolate”, often in very small dwellings. This is the case for Sarah* and her family.
Empowering Women in Isolation
On a recent flight, the cancer screening project was able to help women in isolated communities with pap smears and some basic education around the importance of cancer screening and prevention.
Flight for Sight
It is estimated that nearly half of avoidable blindness can be accounted for by cataracts. Through the cost-effective cataract surgery that Flying for Life offers, significant improvement in the quality of social and economic wellbeing can be well within reach for the community In Venda.
Nurturing the Nursing Profession
No matter how small the steps might be, we believe that a little help is better than turning a blind eye.