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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: News from Malawi
Andiamo not Idle
Today, 13 March 2014 we went around to see what is happening around Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) and this is what we have seen: Pictures by: P.K.B
February Saw an Increase in Upper Respiratory Infections
February was another busy month at Comfort Clinics. Overall, we treated 5,672 patients, which is a 5% increase over January. The majority of the patients were in our Out-Patient Department (3,838). The number of Upper Respiratory Infections surpassed the number … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
Tagged Comfort Clinics, malari, upper respiratoty infections
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The Road Less Travelled
These days he doesn’t visit Andiamo Youth Cooperative Sections more often. When he does, everyone wants to see and interact with him. On Monday, 10 March 2014 Fr. Mario Pacifici, who is one of the founding trustees made a surprise … Continue reading
Posted in News from Malawi, Social Development
Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust
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AEI in Lent Mood
The Andiamo Community has today, 5 March begun the 40-day journey of preparing for Easter Sunday with a mass celebrated in Umodzi Hall right in the campus of Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI). In his homily, Don Cesare has urged all … Continue reading
The Andiamo Road, Our Road!
They say social responsibility is an ethical theory that an entity, be it organization or individual, has an obligation to act to benefit society at large and that social responsibility is the duty every individual has to perform so as … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust, Great Lakes Company, Volunteers
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Face to Face with students of AEI
On Sunday, 2 March 2014 Fr. Mario Pacifici had an audience with students in the Umodzi Hall immediately after mass which was celebrated by Don Cesare Castelli where he advised the students to be hard working in everything. Fr. Mario … Continue reading
Reliving 8 November 2013
It was on 8 November 2013, a day before Alleluya band celebrated their 35th anniversary in Balaka, when Fr. Mario Pacifici collapsed at the ground where the celebrations took place. Since that collapse, he was not seen in public neither … Continue reading
New Boys Hostel Progressing Well
It is a rainy day today, Monday, 24 February yet volunteers and Andiamo staffs are busy finalizing the new boys hostel and the ablution block at Andiamo Education Institutions campus. The hostel will be ready to accommodate students in April … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News from Malawi
Tagged Andiamo Education Institutions, Beppe, franco
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Mbera Beneficiaries learn the Pang’ono Pang’ono way
On Thursday, 20 May, it was the turn of Mbera and Toleza families to receive maize that has been donated by Pang’ono Pang’ono through Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust. At Mbera something “expected” happened. There were more people than the maize … Continue reading
Pang’ono Pang’ono Onlus Rescues Hunger Stricken Families
Pang’ono Pang’ono Onlus, an association in Italy has through Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) donated bags of maize to families around Balaka who have been stricken by hunger. About 600 families will benefit from this benevolence from an association that … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust
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