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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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Bishop Msusa appointed Archbishop of Blantyre
The Apostolic Nunciature (Vatican Embassy) in Malawi is pleased to announce that His Holiness Pope FRANCIS has appointed the Right Reverend THOMAS LUKE MSUSA Archbishop of Blantyre, transferring him from the Episcopal See of Zomba. The announcement was made today, Thursday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Msusa, Blantyre Archdiocese, Montfort Missionaries
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Andiamo Wings of Hope at the Mini Olympics Games
Three athletes from Andiamo Wings of Hope are competing at the Mini Olympics Games that are being jointly held at Civo Stadium and Kamuzu Institute for Sports in Lilongwe from today to Sunday, 24 November 2013. Sports Coordinator of Andiamo … Continue reading
Fr. Angelo Epis Visits Andiamo
On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, Fr. Angelo Epis, who is the Provincial Superior of the province of Italy visited Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust where he met Fr. Mario Pacifici and later some representatives of the Cooperative. During the meeting with … Continue reading
Catholic Schools PSLCE, JCE, MSCE results impress ECM
The Catholic Education Commission (CECOM) of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) says it is delighted with the exceptional performance of Catholic Schools in Malawi at Primary School Leaving Certificate Examinations (PSLCE), Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) and Malawi School … Continue reading
Kapandatsitsi Nursery School Expanding
Communities of Beverino, Arcola, Monterosso and Sarzana from Italy have kept their promise of expanding Kapandatsitsi Nursery School by adding a Refectory and soon a brick fence around it. Marco and Cinzia who are representing the above four communities arrived … Continue reading
Andiamo Secondary School crowned Champions
Andiamo Secondary School was on Saturday crowned 2013 Champions of Inter Schools Hope Trophy beating other 12 schools around Balaka. Balaka and Bakhita Secondary Schools finished on two and three positions respectively. Andiamo received a trophy and individual athletes got … Continue reading
Work in Progress
On Friday morning, the two machines, escavator and the borehole drilling machine joined the three “drillers” to try to pull out the drilling rod stuck between the rocks to no avail. The manual work must continue. Kachingwe, who leads the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust
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Inter Schools Hope Trophy attracts more than 350 athletes
More than 350 athletes will compete in the 8th edition of Inter Schools Hope Trophy that will take place on Saturday, 16 November 2013. These athletes will come from different Primary and Secondary Schools around Balaka. According the organizers of … Continue reading
Work in Progress
“We aren’t giving up till we accomplish what we came here for,” says one of the three men who are busy digging out the drilling rod that got stuck in the rocks. A visit to the site has revealed that … Continue reading
35th Anniversary in Pictures
The 9 November 2013 will remain a special day Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) will live to remember because this is the day Alleluya band, which is under the pillar, Sports and Culture, celebrated 35 years of its existence. To … Continue reading