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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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Comfort Clinics Complementing Balaka District Hospital
Balaka district health office has commended comfort clinics for complementing its efforts of striving to achieve quality health service delivery. The district health officer Bertha Chikuse said with its limited resources, government health facilities alone can not manage to meet … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
Tagged Alleluya Band, Andiamo Comfort Clinics
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Graduating Student Nurses
Students from St. Lukes College of Nursing have sat for their final exams and are waiting for their test results which should be announced in a couple of months. We’ve temporarily hired four of them to work with our nurses … Continue reading
Meleka Speech Inspires Many
My professional experience convinces me that education is one of the fundamental building blocks of society for its prosperity and sustainability. I strongly believe that education should be the first sector addressed when seeking to build or rebuild societies battered … Continue reading
The graduating Students ask for a New Library
The 40 graduating students of Andiamo Secondary School have asked the management of Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) to extend the current library. In their speech, read by Triza Kananji, the students said that the present library was inadequate. “With the … Continue reading
40 graduate at Andiamo Secondary School
40 students are equipped to exit Andiamo Secondary School in Balaka with knowledge to face the world and enable them excel. 21 boys and 19 girls graduated on Saturday June 7th, at a colourful ceremony held in the Umodzi Hall … Continue reading
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Tagged AEI. Andiamo Education Institutions, Don Cesare, Henry Meleka, Patrick Bwanali
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Doing Charity Comfortably
Imagine a scenario where you are asked to go to Cape Maclear in Monkey bay for a weekend. Your lodge, they tell you, will be ten mitres from the lake. In fact, you will be staying right in the lake. … Continue reading
Alessandro Cappelli leaves a mark
One month has gone now and it is time to go back home. Alessandro Cappelli, a basketball trainer and ICT expert leaves today for Italy but leaves behind a mark we cannot delete. Students will miss him for there is … Continue reading
Franco Honoured
Francesco Fiorina, aka Franco, a long time volunteer from Italy has been honoured for his dedication to the projects of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT). AYCT on Thursday, 10 April 2014 gave him “Certificate of Appreciation” for his unwavering support … Continue reading
Time to Harvest
At last we can now harvest our maize after some months of working hard. As we harvest we remember people who have helped us to reach this far. We have in mind the Late Peppino, who was the president of … Continue reading
Meet Khumbo Kasambala
We hired a new clinician last month. His name is Khumbo Kasambala and he joins us from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. Khumbo has been working in our Paediatric Out-Patient Department (OPD) with our other clinician – Gerald Kaitano. … Continue reading