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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
Get Up Stand Up Field Gives Hope
A visit to the “Get Up Stand Up” Project field with Henry Goster, the Project’s Coordinator, has shown that if the rains continue, the project may have a bumper harvest this year. The crop looks healthy and it is promising … Continue reading
Fr. Mario meets Cardinal Capovilla
Fr. Mario Pacifici, who is the founding trustees of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust, together with his brother Don Paolo Pacifici and Dr. Annibale Casati, had a meeting with Cardinal Loris Capovilla on Saturday, 18 January 2014 at Sotto il Monte … 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
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Likambale impressed with AYCT
Thom Likambale, a Malawian based in Canada together with his wife and step daughter have described Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) activities as “impressive”. The Likambales, who came to see AYCT for the first time were accompanied by Fr. Callisto … Continue reading
AEI celebrate Chilembwe Day
15 January is John Chilembwe Day in Malawi and it is a public holiday. Students from Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) commemorated the day with a lecture on “Why Chilembwe Day” in the morning and different sports activities in the afternoon. … Continue reading
Time to apply fertilizers
It is a sunny day and Get Up Stand Up project has taken this as an opportunity to apply fertilisers in its 10 hectares land hoping to be a field farmers will emulate next year. It is also an opportunity … Continue reading
Cephas triumphs at National Cross-Country Championships
Cephas Kasiteni of Andiamo Secondary School did us proud on Saturday, 11 January when he triumphed in 24:44:12 minutes in the eight kilometres race at the National Cross-Country Championship at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre. Kasiteni beat Harry Sichali and … Continue reading
Chimwemwe Featured in Together Magazine
Many media houses in Malawi recognise the talent that Chimwemwe Mwenyemasi, head of Cobbler Section at Andiamo Youth Cooperative has. Together Magazine published and printed by Montfort Media, run by the Montfort Missionaries in Balaka is the latest to feature … Continue reading
JCE and MSCE after the May Polls
The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) says Junior Certificate Examinations will be written after the May 20 Polls. In a statement signed by MANEB’s publicist Simeon Maganga, “JCE examination will be administered from Tuesday, 17th June to Friday, 27 June, … Continue reading
Comfort Clinics New Year Baby
Meet 18 year old Grace Rackson and her beautiful baby girl! She was the first baby born in 2014 at Comfort Clinics – our New Year’s Baby! She was born at 1:00 am on January 1st and weighed 2.8 kg. … Continue reading