Uplifting Rural Communities

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.

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.

Work-intensive projects require a strong team. Get insight into what we got up to on our recent multi-project flight in rural Limpopo!

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 are essential to our work at Flying for Life. We are happy to share our findings on how giving back impacts their lives!

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.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

No matter how small the steps might be, we believe that a little help is better than turning a blind eye.

Flying for Life journeys with many different people. We never travel alone. There is an African proverb that says, “if you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”