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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
Flooding and its Victims
It has rained and it continues to rain. Over fifteen districts have been affected in Malawi and one of the districts is Balaka. On 15 February 2015 the Andiamo Secondary School Young Christian Students (YCS) executive committee members went to … Continue reading
Dream Coming True?
The dream is to have a new Andiamo Technical College separate from the Andiamo Secondary School. Apart from Tailoring and Designing, Electrical Installation, Motor Vehicle Mechanics, and Carpentry and Joinery which the college is offering, we want to introduce a … Continue reading
Sharing the dream…
This morning we visited the Comfort Community Hospital and Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) campus representing the pillars Healthcare and Education respectively and the following is what met the lens of our camera and it is very encouraging that people in … Continue reading
It’s tomorrow and we are with you
Tomorrow, Saturday 31 January 2015 all our eyes will be in Bergamo, Italy where Orizzonte Malawi Onlus has organized a dinner with the aim to support our Comfort Community Hospital. It is not a three-course dinner, we are told. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Community Hospital, Orizzonte Malawi Onlus
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Time to press the panicking button?
The Department of Climate Change and Weather Services says a storm will hit the Southern Region of Malawi while the rest of the country will be a “wet week”, Elina Kaluluma has told the Nation of Wednesday, January 28 2015. … Continue reading
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Is it a Coincidence?
Last week Comfort Community Hospital (CCH) reported that 19 January 2015 was recorded as their busiest day after they treated 331 children beating the record set in April 2014. 19 January? This is not any other day here at Andiamo … Continue reading
Monday, 19 January 2015 is the Busiest at CCH
Monday, 19 January 2015 is the busiest day at Comfort Community Hospital (CCH) after treating 331 children beating the record of 283 set in April 2014. According to the records at CCH, the busiest months of the year at CCH … Continue reading
Double Celebrations Today at AYCT
Today we celebrate the birthday of Alleluya band and the Feast day of our founding trustee Fr. Mario Pacifici. Alleluya band was born on 19 January 1978 on the feast day of Fr. Mario. We are not throwing a party … Continue reading
Floods claim 176 lives
The floods and hailstorms in Malawi have killed 176 people and displaced 174,000. According to media reports, Malawi needs over K5 billion (€9.5 Million) to “rehabilitate and provide relief to the victims”. Chikhwawa and Nsanje districts only are feared to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust, Peter Mutharika, Saulos Chilima
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Invitation to the Dinner of the Poor
It is official. The Dinner for the Poor is on. You are invited to the Dinner on 31 January for the poor with the aim to support our Comfort Community Hospital in the year 2014, treated over 60,000 patients, 70% of … Continue reading