“Treasures From The Pioneer Era” – Continuation from Ernie Tanner’s book: “Where Angels Fear To Fly” My companion Georg waded through the water to the three houses to get help and I waited for him. It seemed a very long time until finally I heard the longed for three cheers […]
Oliver Häberlin
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Dyro and I were scheduled for a flight to bring in some church leaders to a celebration marking the completion of a church building project. On the morning before the flight we were informed of a medical evacuation in the area, but we were unclear as to the seriousness of […]
Madagascar has a unique fauna. Some animal species are native only to the island of Madagascar. Madagascar is home to around 120 different mammal species. 100 of them alone are to be found in the suborder of lemurs. The lemurs are one of the best-known animals on the island. Among […]
A while ago, I flew a team to visit two villages in Madagascar for three days. After a 45-minute flight, we reached Ampatakana in the rain forest. Most of the rice supply for the whole island is grown in this area. Setra, who is a dentist, treated lots of […]
“Treasures From The Pioneer Era” – Continuation from the book by Ernie Tanner: “Where Angels Fear To Fly” We were stranded at an abandoned airfield and had run out of fuel. We had no choice but to set out on foot to get help. A dirt track led to the […]
On August 20, we celebrated over 50 years of success with the whole "Helimission family" together with many of our friends and supporters in the Bernese Oberland. In Appenzellerland, the anniversary celebration took place on September 24.
We have all been affected by Covid-19 for almost 2 years now. Thank God everyone at the base in Wamena are all still fine. Because of the very fast spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia, the Government imposed a lock down in all of Papua, so we couldn’t do a lot of flying.
At the beginning of April, we flew two teams into the rainforest. The weather was fine when we started from the capital, Antananarivo, but the weather in Madagascar is always full of surprises… On day 2 of our mission, we flew both teams to Androrangabe. The coordinates were not correct, […]
For some time now, I have carried a vision in my heart that different organizations would work together to provide practical help and thus be a testimony of God’s love. When we as pilots fly with teams in Madagascar, we often see people who need medical help, but whom we […]
Large stormy depressions, called cyclones in this part of the world, strike Madagascar every year between January and April. After cyclone Batsirai caused major damage, we were asked by development worker Luciano to visit the communities he takes care of to get an overall view of the damage. Because […]
Congratulations on your 50+ years of service! Thank you very much for your tireless efforts. We wouldn’t be able to do what we are doing without you. We very much consider you as a vital partner in our project. I still remember my first survey flight landing beside the river […]
It had been planned for some time that we would travel with a team for a week to different regions in the east and southeast of Madagascar. Shortly before the start of our mission, we received another request to visit various villages in the same region which we could combine […]
