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reaching the unreachable

reaching the unreachable

About Us

We’re a Christian humanitarian charity working across the UK, the Netherlands, and Madagascar.

Our mission is simple:

to reach isolated communities and make it possible for aid organisations to get to places that are too remote or expensive to access.

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Our Story

HoverAid began back in 1969 when it was discovered that hovercraft are the perfect solution for navigating tricky terrains—gliding over shallow waters, river systems, rapids, ice, and swamps where ordinary boats just can’t go. We officially became a charity in 1991, and since then, we’ve been dedicated to one clear goal: reaching the unreachable.

Our Mission

“Recognising God’s image in each other, and in community, we seek to follow Jesus and afford everyone the freedom, dignity and opportunity to move from poverty to plenty.”

We’re here to support, empower, and deliver aid, relief, education, and mission services to remote communities. By providing cost-effective access, we also help our partner organisations in Madagascar focus on what they do best in the areas where they’re needed the most.

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Our Work in Madagascar

In Madagascar, many villages and communities are cut off for three to five months each year due to shallow rivers. That’s why, through our Madagascar Medical Safari (MMS) clinic programme, we regularly send medical teams to these hard-to-reach areas. Although Madagascar is our main focus right now, we’re excited about the possibility of expanding our services to other countries in the future.

Why Hovercraft?

Hovercraft provide a unique capability, easily travelling over water, mud and swamps, and crucially along waterways too shallow for ordinary boats, so we are the only organisation able to access many remote communities, where others can’t.

Our team in Madagascar uses many other means of transport including our own 4*4 vehicles, boats, trucks, planes, and even ox carts, but the hovercraft is sometimes the only way possible to reach those isolated areas as well as being invaluable during or after floods, making it an invaluable tool in times of crisis.

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Meet our team

See the difference our hovercrafts make to those that need them most

Our Story

HoverAid began back in 1969 when it was discovered that hovercraft are the perfect solution for navigating tricky terrains—gliding over shallow waters, river systems, rapids, ice, and swamps where ordinary boats just can’t go. We officially became a charity in 1991, and since then, we’ve been dedicated to one clear goal: reaching the unreachable.