Samaritan Aviation to bring in another plane

THE Wewak-based Samaritan Aviation will bring its second float plane to the country in October, according to President Mark Palm.
Palm made the announcement yesterday during signing of an agreement with Digicel Foundation for a sponsorship of K150,000.
Earlier this month, the Government assisted the organisation with K2 million to continue saving lives along the Sepik River and conduct a study on expanding its services to Gulf and Western.
Palm said the organisation needed a standby float plane to transport emergency cases from the remote areas of the Sepik River to health centres.
“Samaritan Aviation believes in partnership, transparency accountability and we cannot do it on our own,” Palm said.
He said the organisation was based in East Sepik and relied on United States donors and the Government to carry out lifesaving work like spreading hope and providing medical access to remote areas.
Palm said the plane would be stripped and its parts transported in a container to PNG in October.
“We should start operating in early November,” he said.
He said having a second airplane was huge for the organisation.
Foundation’s chief operation officer Anaseini Vesikula said the foundation was all about creating a world where no one got left behind. It is done better through such partnerships.
She said the contribution should help with the shipment cost.
Vesikula said the foundation had been helping schools and health services throughout the country.