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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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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
AYCT General Assembly scheduled for Saturday, 21 December
Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) will on Saturday, 21 December 2013 hold its General Assembly where among other things members will discuss the future of Andiamo and the Christmas Holidays. The assembly will be held in Umodzi Cafeteria Hall at … Continue reading
AYCT wishes Fr. Mario a Happy Birthday
It is another special day at Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) as today 14 December, is the birthday of one of its founding trustees Fr. Mario Pacifici. Meanwhile the Executive Director of AYCT has wished Fr. Mario a long and … Continue reading
Pang’ono Pang’ono with Andiamo
On Thursday, 5 December 2013 Dr. Gabriele Falagiani left behind his stethoscope to supervise some of the projects Pang’ono Pang’ono Onlus is cooperating with Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust. Together with Andiamo representatives, Dr. Gabriele visited the fish pond that needs … Continue reading
Manyamba rejoins the Cobbler Section
Patrick Manyamba has rejoined the Cobbler section of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) to boost the section that promises to do well if well managed. According to Chimwemwe Mwenyemasi, who currently heads the section, Manyamba will be responsible for repairs … Continue reading
Kapandatsitsi Nursery School Expanding
Communities of Beverino, Arcola, Monterosso and Sarzana from Italy have kept their promise of expanding Kapandatsitsi Nursery School by adding a Refectory and soon a brick fence around it. Marco and Cinzia who are representing the above four communities arrived … Continue reading
Work in Progress
On Friday morning, the two machines, escavator and the borehole drilling machine joined the three “drillers” to try to pull out the drilling rod stuck between the rocks to no avail. The manual work must continue. Kachingwe, who leads the … Continue reading
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Work in Progress
“We aren’t giving up till we accomplish what we came here for,” says one of the three men who are busy digging out the drilling rod that got stuck in the rocks. A visit to the site has revealed that … Continue reading
The 9 November Fever
9 November is the Alleluya Band Day. The band is celebrating 35 years of “Singing Life with Joy”. All Alleluya band members including their patron Fr. Mario Pacifici are all busy preparing for the day but this is obvious because … Continue reading
Henry Goster is the new Deputy Director of AYCT
Henry Goster is the new Deputy Director of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT). Fr. Mario Pacifici, one of the founding trustees of AYCT, announced this Tuesday morning, 5 November 2013 in a “special meeting”. According to Fr. Mario, Henry, who … Continue reading