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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 Community Hospital
Filling Teeth Again
It is extremely difficult to find items needed for our Dental Department here in Malawi. After a two year search, we were finally able to find some key items needed to fill teeth. So our dentist, Aaron Mafuta pictured above, … Continue reading
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Emmanuele Mwale Laid to Rest
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Mwale, our Chief Clinical Officer. He died last Friday night (8 August) from complications after suffering from a stroke in the early morning and was laid to rest … Continue reading
Welcome to our new Human Resource Manager!
We are pleased to announce that we have hired a Human Resource Manager named Montfort Chiwaya. He has Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management and a Masters in Business Administration – which is a fantastic educational combination for Comfort … Continue reading
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Visitors from Franklin University Switzerland
Dr. Armando Zanecchia, Professor of Political Science and International Management at Franklin University Switzerland, brought 12 of his students to Comfort Community Hospital Wednesday for a tour. He and the students spent a couple of hours touring all of the departments … Continue reading
Annual Patient Volumes Shoot at CCH
A comparison of patient volumes year over year at Comfort Community Hospital is showing a steady dramatic increase. In 2012, we treated 22,251 patients, in 2013 we treated 34,354 patients, and in the first half of this year we have … Continue reading
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Doing Charity Comfortably
Imagine a scenario where you are asked to go to Cape Maclear in Monkey bay for a weekend. Your lodge, they tell you, will be ten mitres from the lake. In fact, you will be staying right in the lake. … Continue reading
Our Out-Patient Department is Busy, Busy, Busy!!
The number of children we are treating in our out-patient department at Comfort Community Hospital has increased dramatically this year! As you can see in the graph above – in the fourth week of last year we treated 155 children … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Community Hospital, Dr. Pappone, malaria, Project Malawi
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Malaria Season is Upon Us!
The rainy season has started in Malawi – which is great for the growing season and agriculture! However, the heavy rains also bring an increase in the number of Malaria cases because there are more mosquitoes. Our out-patient department at … Continue reading
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Andiamo ha bisogno di nuovi amici
L’Associazione Orizzonte Malawi ONLUS ha organizzato una cena dei poveri in Italia, per la raccolta fondi a favore del Comfort Community Hospital di Balaka, Malawi. Sembra ci sia una grande distanza: … cena in Italia, Ospedale in Malawi! I soldi … Continue reading
Andiamo needs new friends
On 31 January Orizzonte Malawi ONLUS will hold a dinner in Italy for the poor to raise money for Comfort Community Hospital in Balaka, Malawi. Such is the distance: Dinner in Italy, and the Hospital in Malawi! The money realized … Continue reading