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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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Tag Archives: Comfort Clinics
Welcome Henry Banda
A new clinician has joined us! He is replacing Khumbo Kasamba who only stayed in Balaka for a couple of months before he decided he wanted to return to the city. Henry Banda joins us from Liwonde Distrtict Hospital where … Continue reading
Guardians satisfied with Services at Comfort Clinics
Guardians interviewed on Thursday, June 26, 2014 have said they are satisfied with the services at Comfort Clinics. The guardians are happy mainly with the availability of drugs. “When we come here, we are sure that our kids will be … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
Tagged Alleluya Band, Comfort Clinics, Fr.Mario Pacifici
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Graduating Student Nurses
Students from St. Lukes College of Nursing have sat for their final exams and are waiting for their test results which should be announced in a couple of months. We’ve temporarily hired four of them to work with our nurses … Continue reading
Comfort Clinics: At the Service of the Community
Our involvement in the field of health care is born of the teachings of Jesus Christ and of Catholic Social teaching. We know Jesus placed a particular emphasis on care for the sick and outcast – such as lepers – … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Social Teaching, Comfort Clinics, Jesus
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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
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Tagged Comfort Clinics, malari, upper respiratoty infections
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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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Tagged Comfort Clinics, Maternity ward, Paediatric
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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
First Two Student Nurses leave a mark at Comfort Clinics
Comfort Clinics has been approved by Kamuzu College of Nursing Blantyre Campus to host student nurses in our Maternity Ward. The first two students – Pauline Tembo and Martha Katete – arrived on November 17th and completed their internship with … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Clinics, Kamuzu College of Medicine, Maternity ward
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Dr. Andreotti Home for the Holidays
Dr. Giovanni Andreotti has completed his first three months as a Clinical Mentor at Comfort Clinics. Giovanni was sponsored by Project Malawi Onlus and Azienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL) of La Spezia to come to Malawi for one year. During his … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Clinics, Dr Giovanni Andreotti, Project Malawi Onlus
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Get well soon, Martin
Bizarre silence lingered in the boys at Tigawane House this afternoon; a sole evidence that something someway is not fine. Yes-, Martin Masauko, 12, has not been well since this morning. According to the Mr. P. Munthali Martin has visited … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Clinics, Martin Masauko, Pasipawo Munthali, Tigawane House
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