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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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Technological Pole Students Shine Again
Andiamo Technological Pole students who sat for the December 2012 intake Exams have all the reasons to smile as they have passed with flying colours in the just ended Exams. All the students who wrote the exams passed except one. This … Continue reading
Balaka athletes get a lesson
Four youths from Balaka, participated in the National Cross Country Competitions on Saturday, 9 February at Kamuzu Institute of Sports in Lilongwe. Guided by trainers Mr. Dennis Phiri and Miss Dalitso Starlet, the four athletes have shown that they … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Sport, Education, News from Malawi
Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust, Balaka, Franco Fiorina
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AEI campus to accommodate 60 more students
Students of Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) will soon be accommodated in one campus following the construction of a new boys hostel, which started on Monday 28 January 2013. According to Franco Fiorina, a volunteer from Italy who also built the … Continue reading
Malawi Hospitals have no drugs
Malawi’s Minister of Health Catherine Gotani Hara has disclosed that public hospitals, especially district and referral centres, in Malawi have run out of 95 per cent of essential drugs. The Nation newspaper of Wednesday, 30 January 2013 the minister says … Continue reading
Andiamo Students remember victims of Shoah
Students of Andiamo Secondary School on Monday, 28 January 2013 observed a minute of silence to remember those who lost their lives during the holocaust. The students were also given time to debate the importance of having the Holocaust Remembrance … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Secondary School, Hitler, holocaust, Nazi, shoal
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Unexpected change
On Wednesday, 16 January 2013 during lunch, we gathered at Nankhombe house (volunteer house) to bid farewell to Giulia Bonfanti who leaves today 17 January for Italy. Among the guests at table were the once street kids under Tigawane Project … Continue reading
Gogo Angella Govati laid to rest
Last time she spoke in the presence of the founding trustee of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT), Fr. Mario Pacifici, was during mass on 30 December 2012, a day before Fr. Mario left for Italy. Gogo Angella Govati then, told … Continue reading
AEI become alive again
Students of Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) began to arrive on Sunday, 6 January 2013. In the picture some of the Secondary School students captured during assembly on Monday, 7 January 2013. A total of 110 students (less than half of … Continue reading
AYCT community pray for Fr. Mario
Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) community braved the rains this morning, 5 January 2013 and gathered in Umodzi Hall to pray for Fr. Mario Pacifici, the founding trusteee, to have a successful heart operation on Monday 7 January. Speaking after … Continue reading