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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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Final touches- readying for the Comfort Community Hospital
Many works are underway as we are counting down to full operation of the Comfort Community Hospital. Since Thursday, August 15 some workers have busied with dyeing stacks of white bed sheets to blue colours. Chimwemwe Truwa who is heading … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, News from Malawi
Tagged Chimwemwe Truwa, Comfort Community Hospital, Dyeing bed sheets
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Medical Council of Malawi approves Comfort Clinics’ Female and Male wards
Good News! The Medical Council of Malawi has approved the new Male & Female Ward for use. This means that the ward will be open as soon as the new Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) budget is in place … Continue reading
Andiamo in Road Rehabilitation Programme
In a season that Balaka has received more than average rainfall, the roads have also become impassable. Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust through the pillar of Social Development has embarked on rehabilitating roads. In the picture, Andiamo members work on the … Continue reading
Malawi Hospitals have no drugs
Malawi’s Minister of Health Catherine Gotani Hara has disclosed that public hospitals, especially district and referral centres, in Malawi have run out of 95 per cent of essential drugs. The Nation newspaper of Wednesday, 30 January 2013 the minister says … Continue reading
It’s a ‘Christmas Baby’ Girl
The Maternity wing of the soon to be called Comfort Community Hospital which is under Andiamo Trust in Balaka, registered only one birth on Christmas Day. According to the nurse on duty this morning Mrs. Khoriyo, the mother to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andiamo Trust, Comfort Community Hospital, Hawa Asidi
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AYCT holds its end of contracts General Assembly
Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) held its end of contracts General Assembly on Saturday, 22 December 2012 in Umodzi Hall of Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI). Speaking during the assembly, Fr. Mario Pacifici who is one of the founding trustees of … Continue reading
Comfort ‘Community Hospital’ gets Ultrasound scanner
Professor Carlo Pappone has done it again. This time he has donated Ultrasound scanner worth millions of Kwachas to soon to be called Comfort Community Hospital. According to NH Choices, ultrasound scan can be used in several ways such as monitoring … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort Community Hospital, Dr. Mwale, Ultrasound scanner
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Guardian Shelter ready for use
He doesn’t call it an “official” opening. Fr. Mario Pacifici calls it “hand over” but it is now official that the guardian shelter to be used by guardians of patients for both the paediatric ward and maternity wing for soon … Continue reading
Water at the new wards
All is set. It is just a matter of when Comfort Clinics will be made a community hospital. On Thursday 30 August the 5000 litre water tank became functional. The tank, according to Mr. Laison Nsamala, head of plumbing section … Continue reading
Comfort Community Hospital
Introduction This report discusses the wish of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) to promote Comfort Clinics to Comfort Community Hospital following developments that have taken place ever since Comfort Clinics opened their doors in the late 90s. Comfort Clinics opened … Continue reading