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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: Health Care
Mission Possible in Malawi
In February 1977 a young priest left Italy for Malawi, Africa for an adventure that continues till today. His father, full of emotions, woke up early that morning, and did not want to greet his son as he did not … Continue reading
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
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
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
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
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
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
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
Tagged Comfort Clinics, Maternity ward, Paediatric
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Kangaroo Mother Care
Meet baby Ester pictured above with her mother Tiyanjane at Comfort Community Hospital, which is under Andiamo Youth Coopertive Trust in Balaka, Malawi. Ester was born with a low birth weight and is participating in our Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust, Balaka, Comfort Community Hospital
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AYCT closes for Christmas Holidays
Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) closes Tuesday, 24 December and normal work will resume on 20 January 2104. This was disclosed on Saturday 21 December when AYCT had its Annual General Assembly. However, this long holiday does not affect the … Continue reading
First Two Student Nurses leave a mark at Comfort Clinics
Comfort Clinics has been approved by Kamuzu College of Nursing Blantyre Campus to host student nurses in our Maternity Ward. The first two students – Pauline Tembo and Martha Katete – arrived on November 17th and completed their internship with … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
Tagged Comfort Clinics, Kamuzu College of Medicine, Maternity ward
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