Program areas at Jaars
BASE OPERATIONS--JAARS is heavily engaged in training pilots, mechanics, technicians and support personnel to aid bible translation, literacy and engagement in remote environments that primarily include jungle rainforests or difficult terrain. We supply partners on four continents. The training assists our primary partner, SIL International, and others with transportation solutions where none readily exist with air, land and sea solutions. The approximately 500 personnel at the base integrate and instruct training on aviation, maritime, land transport, communication, and intercultural relationships. The base also serves as a research & development and engineering station to create future solutions needed in the field. The base serves as the force and logistical provider, program manager, financial and personnel support base with capacity in counseling, healthcare services, housing for trainees, fundraising, and missionary support both domestic and abroad.
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS-- We have designed, developed, and now support FlightSpan, a custom application that helps to ensure efficiency, accountability, and safety before, during, and after conducting flight operations. In addition, technology is provided and supported with our international partners and at the JAARS base in North Carolina headquarters.
TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS-- We help facilitate our international partners' flight programs by recruiting and training staff, setting standards, acquiring and equipping aircraft, providing technical field support and R&D, and more. Currently, we partner with programs in Brazil, Cameroon, Gabon, Indonesia, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, and Peru. We help our international partners assess their travel challenges and determine the optimal vehicles for their situations and assist with acquiring, upfit and training.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS-- We help our international partners assess needs, develop effective solutions, funding support, and effective implementation and training to help missionaries cross the last mile. In addition, we are exploring high-impact operating "hubs" to help missionaries cross the last mile and reach the unreached.