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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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Andiamo Wings of Hope at the Mini Olympics Games
Three athletes from Andiamo Wings of Hope are competing at the Mini Olympics Games that are being jointly held at Civo Stadium and Kamuzu Institute for Sports in Lilongwe from today to Sunday, 24 November 2013. Sports Coordinator of Andiamo … Continue reading
Fr. Angelo Epis Visits Andiamo
On Tuesday, 19 November 2013, Fr. Angelo Epis, who is the Provincial Superior of the province of Italy visited Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust where he met Fr. Mario Pacifici and later some representatives of the Cooperative. During the meeting with … 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
Andiamo Secondary School crowned Champions
Andiamo Secondary School was on Saturday crowned 2013 Champions of Inter Schools Hope Trophy beating other 12 schools around Balaka. Balaka and Bakhita Secondary Schools finished on two and three positions respectively. Andiamo received a trophy and individual athletes got … 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
Andiamo Secondary School Shines
It was the first time Andiamo Secondary School students sat for Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) Examinations. For four years the students were grilled both morally and academically. The results show it worked. Andiamo Secondary School has registered a … 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
Angelo leaves for Italy
A long time volunteer Angelo Stefanini has left today Tuesday, 5 November 2013 for Italy. While in the country Angelo spent his time giving his services at Andiamo Music School and teaching Mada Taferakaso of Alleluya band sax. Andiamo Youth … Continue reading