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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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Category Archives: Education
The art of teaching
The Malawian government envisions in alleviating illiteracy as stipulated in its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Schools have been opened and equipped for such a cause. Andiamo Trust had joined the bandwagon to share in the dreams of the government. It … Continue reading
Unity of Purpose
San Marino for the Children Trust, an association from the Republic of San Marino, officially opened the San Marino Nursery School in Matola, Balaka on Thursday 28 February in a colourful ceremony. Mr. Marino, representing the volunteers from San Marino … Continue reading
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
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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
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
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