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In southern Malawi, and precisely in Balaka, Father Mario Pacifici, Monfort missionary, arrived here thirty five years ago and founded with Cesare Castelli the "Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust" which now has nearly 700 workers. The Cooperative operates within four areas of development:- People find jobs in the 33 activities of Andiamo, including health care, education, vocational training, construction, agriculture, mechanics, sports, and last but not the musical one. Precisely in this context born the Alleluya Band, a band created in 1978 as a church choir and now became the point of musical reference throughout Malawi. Our representative in Italy is Orizzonte Malawi onlus, that use the valuable collaboration of many associations:
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Our Out-Patient Department is Busy, Busy, Busy!!
The number of children we are treating in our out-patient department at Comfort Community Hospital has increased dramatically this year! As you can see in the graph above – in the fourth week of last year we treated 155 children … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Community Hospital, Dr. Pappone, malaria, Project Malawi
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37 years of gifts by the providence and shared with many
Today is 4 February 2014. It is a normal day at Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT). People are busy in their respective sections. Working! A few people, if there is any knows how special this day is to all the … Continue reading
Malaria Season is Upon Us!
The rainy season has started in Malawi – which is great for the growing season and agriculture! However, the heavy rains also bring an increase in the number of Malaria cases because there are more mosquitoes. Our out-patient department at … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Community Hospital, Jill Claus
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Andiamo ha bisogno di nuovi amici
L’Associazione Orizzonte Malawi ONLUS ha organizzato una cena dei poveri in Italia, per la raccolta fondi a favore del Comfort Community Hospital di Balaka, Malawi. Sembra ci sia una grande distanza: … cena in Italia, Ospedale in Malawi! I soldi … Continue reading
Andiamo needs new friends
On 31 January Orizzonte Malawi ONLUS will hold a dinner in Italy for the poor to raise money for Comfort Community Hospital in Balaka, Malawi. Such is the distance: Dinner in Italy, and the Hospital in Malawi! The money realized … Continue reading
Get Up Stand Up Field Gives Hope
A visit to the “Get Up Stand Up” Project field with Henry Goster, the Project’s Coordinator, has shown that if the rains continue, the project may have a bumper harvest this year. The crop looks healthy and it is promising … Continue reading
Fr. Mario meets Cardinal Capovilla
Fr. Mario Pacifici, who is the founding trustees of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust, together with his brother Don Paolo Pacifici and Dr. Annibale Casati, had a meeting with Cardinal Loris Capovilla on Saturday, 18 January 2014 at Sotto il Monte … Continue reading
Comfort Clinics Patient Volumes
Last quarter (October to December 2013) was the busiest quarter to date for Comfort Clinics. We treated 6,721 out-patients – 70% of which were children – and we admitted 1,078 in-patients into our Peadiatric and Maternity Wards. We thank all … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Clinics, Maternity ward, Paediatric
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Likambale impressed with AYCT
Thom Likambale, a Malawian based in Canada together with his wife and step daughter have described Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) activities as “impressive”. The Likambales, who came to see AYCT for the first time were accompanied by Fr. Callisto … Continue reading
AEI celebrate Chilembwe Day
15 January is John Chilembwe Day in Malawi and it is a public holiday. Students from Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) commemorated the day with a lecture on “Why Chilembwe Day” in the morning and different sports activities in the afternoon. … Continue reading